The Classic Myths in English Literature: Based Chiefly on Bulfinch's "Age of Fable". (1855) : Accompanied by an Interpretative and Illustrative Commentary |
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... River - god . [ Bronze head : Baumeister ; Roscher 9 : 1489. ] 143 49. Actæon torn by his hounds . [ Relief : Baumeister . ] 146 50. Endymion . [ Relief in the Capitoline Museum , Rome : Roscher 7 : 1246 . ] .... 148 51. Celestial Venus ...
... River - god . [ Bronze head : Baumeister ; Roscher 9 : 1489. ] 143 49. Actæon torn by his hounds . [ Relief : Baumeister . ] 146 50. Endymion . [ Relief in the Capitoline Museum , Rome : Roscher 7 : 1246 . ] .... 148 51. Celestial Venus ...
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... from the past . In this new world of ours , shall slopes and mountains , gorges , cañons , flowery fields and forests , rivers , bays , Titanic lakes , and shoreless reach of ocean be seen of eyes that lack INTRODUCTION . xxxvii.
... from the past . In this new world of ours , shall slopes and mountains , gorges , cañons , flowery fields and forests , rivers , bays , Titanic lakes , and shoreless reach of ocean be seen of eyes that lack INTRODUCTION . xxxvii.
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... River Ocean , a deep and mighty flood , encircling land and sea like a serpent with its tail in its mouth , was the source of all . According to other myths Night and Darkness were the prime elements of Nature , and from them sprang ...
... River Ocean , a deep and mighty flood , encircling land and sea like a serpent with its tail in its mouth , was the source of all . According to other myths Night and Darkness were the prime elements of Nature , and from them sprang ...
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... rivers or the sea . Some said that men and gods were both derived from Mother Earth , hence both autoctho- nous ; and some , indeed , claimed an antiquity for the human race equal to that of the divinities . All narratives , however ...
... rivers or the sea . Some said that men and gods were both derived from Mother Earth , hence both autoctho- nous ; and some , indeed , claimed an antiquity for the human race equal to that of the divinities . All narratives , however ...
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... rivers flowed with milk and wine , and yellow honey distilled from the oaks . This Golden Age had begun in the reign of Cronus.1 And when these heroes fell asleep in death , they were translated in a pleasant dream to a spiritual ...
... rivers flowed with milk and wine , and yellow honey distilled from the oaks . This Golden Age had begun in the reign of Cronus.1 And when these heroes fell asleep in death , they were translated in a pleasant dream to a spiritual ...
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