The Classic Myths in English Literature: Based Chiefly on Bulfinch's "Age of Fable". (1855).Charles Mills Gayley |
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... 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 another , in whose cavernous recesses the divining ...
... 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 another , in whose cavernous recesses the divining ...
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... maiden of the glowing dawn . But the word , Daphne , meant also a laurel that burned easily , hence might readily be devoted to the god of the sun . So Daphne , the maiden , assuming the form of Daphne , the laurel , escaped the pursuit ...
... maiden of the glowing dawn . But the word , Daphne , meant also a laurel that burned easily , hence might readily be devoted to the god of the sun . So Daphne , the maiden , assuming the form of Daphne , the laurel , escaped the pursuit ...
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... maidens of the ashen spear . § 18. The Rule of Cronus . Now follows the reign of Cronus , lord of Heaven and Earth . He is , from the beginning , of incal- culable years . In works of art his head is veiled , to typify his cunning and ...
... maidens of the ashen spear . § 18. The Rule of Cronus . Now follows the reign of Cronus , lord of Heaven and Earth . He is , from the beginning , of incal- culable years . In works of art his head is veiled , to typify his cunning and ...
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... maiden and bore her off . Their children were Zetes and Calaïs , winged war- riors , who accompanied the Argonautic expedition , and did good service in an encounter with those monstrous birds , the Harpies . Zephyrus was the lover of ...
... maiden and bore her off . Their children were Zetes and Calaïs , winged war- riors , who accompanied the Argonautic expedition , and did good service in an encounter with those monstrous birds , the Harpies . Zephyrus was the lover of ...
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... maidens , bodies , wings , and claws of birds , and faces pale with hunger . They are the offspring of Thaumas , a son of Pontus and Gæa . ( 4 ) The uncanny offspring of Phorcys and Ceto , — children of Pontus , who rejoiced in the ...
... maidens , bodies , wings , and claws of birds , and faces pale with hunger . They are the offspring of Thaumas , a son of Pontus and Gæa . ( 4 ) The uncanny offspring of Phorcys and Ceto , — children of Pontus , who rejoiced in the ...
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