A Christian Wreath for the Pagan Deities: Or, An Introduction to the Greek and Roman MythologyA.J. Valpy, ... sold by Longman and Company; Hatchard and Son; ... Seely ... and all other bookseller, 1820 - 150 pages |
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Page 17
... offered to her . She is represented as a tall majestic woman , with yellow hair surmounted with ears of corn ; in her right hand she holds a bunch of poppies , and in her left a lighted torch , which she kindled at Mount Etna , when in ...
... offered to her . She is represented as a tall majestic woman , with yellow hair surmounted with ears of corn ; in her right hand she holds a bunch of poppies , and in her left a lighted torch , which she kindled at Mount Etna , when in ...
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... offered to hér . Strangers , who were shipwrecked on the coast , were likewise sacrificed on her altars . VENUS . Venus was the Goddess of beauty and the mother of love . She is said to have sprung from the froth of the sea , and to ...
... offered to hér . Strangers , who were shipwrecked on the coast , were likewise sacrificed on her altars . VENUS . Venus was the Goddess of beauty and the mother of love . She is said to have sprung from the froth of the sea , and to ...
Page 36
... on the ground when they sacrificed , and only the hearts of the victims were offered her . She had a temple at Rome , called Opertum , where men were never admitted . AURORA . The light which dawns upon the earth , 36.
... on the ground when they sacrificed , and only the hearts of the victims were offered her . She had a temple at Rome , called Opertum , where men were never admitted . AURORA . The light which dawns upon the earth , 36.
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... She had a temple at Rome , and her priests offered her the sacrifice of the blood , which flowed from the wounds they inflicted on themselves . Myth . D LATONA . Latona was the mother of Apollo and Diana 37 Aurora-Bellona.
... She had a temple at Rome , and her priests offered her the sacrifice of the blood , which flowed from the wounds they inflicted on themselves . Myth . D LATONA . Latona was the mother of Apollo and Diana 37 Aurora-Bellona.
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... the human soul , were all comprehended in their magic and wide - extended influence . Flowers , as the fair- est work , and the sweetest tribute of inanimate Isaiah XI . 9 . creation , were offered to them , as conveying an 44.
... the human soul , were all comprehended in their magic and wide - extended influence . Flowers , as the fair- est work , and the sweetest tribute of inanimate Isaiah XI . 9 . creation , were offered to them , as conveying an 44.
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