The Classic Myths in English Literature: Based Chiefly on Bulfinch's "Age of Fable". (1855).Charles Mills Gayley |
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... arrows of Bellerophon , the sun ; or swan - maidens , flitting across the firmament ; Valkyries hovering over the battle - field , to receive the souls of falling heroes ; or , again , they were mighty mountains , piled one above ...
... arrows of Bellerophon , the sun ; or swan - maidens , flitting across the firmament ; Valkyries hovering over the battle - field , to receive the souls of falling heroes ; or , again , they were mighty mountains , piled one above ...
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... arrows of Apollo , but of a sun - stroke ; our poetry abounds in symbols of the moon , of the swift - winged wind , of the ravening sea . In our metonymies we use the sign for the thing signified , the crown for the king , the flag for ...
... arrows of Apollo , but of a sun - stroke ; our poetry abounds in symbols of the moon , of the swift - winged wind , of the ravening sea . In our metonymies we use the sign for the thing signified , the crown for the king , the flag for ...
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... arrows aided in their defeat . It was from the overthrow of Pallas that Athene ( or Minerva ) ΑΘΗΝΙΩΝ derived , according to certain records , her proud designation of Pallas - Athene.1 In due course , like the Titans and Typhon , the ...
... arrows aided in their defeat . It was from the overthrow of Pallas that Athene ( or Minerva ) ΑΘΗΝΙΩΝ derived , according to certain records , her proud designation of Pallas - Athene.1 In due course , like the Titans and Typhon , the ...
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... arrows of Apollo and Diana , the breastplate of Hercules , the shield of Achilles . He was lame of gait , a figurative suggestion , perhaps , of the flickering , unsteady nature of fire . According to his own story , ' he was born halt ...
... arrows of Apollo and Diana , the breastplate of Hercules , the shield of Achilles . He was lame of gait , a figurative suggestion , perhaps , of the flickering , unsteady nature of fire . According to his own story , ' he was born halt ...
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... , with arrows , weapons which the god of the silver bow had not before used against any but feeble animals , — hares , wild goats , and such KURTZ 1 I 1 game . - In commemoration of 60 CLASSIC MYTHS IN ENGLISH LITERATURE .
... , with arrows , weapons which the god of the silver bow had not before used against any but feeble animals , — hares , wild goats , and such KURTZ 1 I 1 game . - In commemoration of 60 CLASSIC MYTHS IN ENGLISH LITERATURE .
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