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... of the furthest star in the plough- handle , perpetuates the lugubrious fancy , native in Gubernatis , Zoological Mythology , vol . ii . p . 109 . 6 Arabia , by which the group figures as a corpse 46 FAMILIAR STUDIES IN HOMER .
... of the furthest star in the plough- handle , perpetuates the lugubrious fancy , native in Gubernatis , Zoological Mythology , vol . ii . p . 109 . 6 Arabia , by which the group figures as a corpse 46 FAMILIAR STUDIES IN HOMER .
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... mythology . He nowhere attempts to account for the names of the stars . He has no stories at his fingers ' ends of translations to the sky as a ready means of exit from terrestrial difficulties . The Orion of his acquaintance - the ...
... mythology . He nowhere attempts to account for the names of the stars . He has no stories at his fingers ' ends of translations to the sky as a ready means of exit from terrestrial difficulties . The Orion of his acquaintance - the ...
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... by more learned neighbours was still to come . The Signs 1 De Naturâ Deorum , lib . ii . cap . 43 . Teutonic Mythology ( Stallybrass ) , vol . ii . p . 729 . of the Zodiac were certainly unknown to Homer , yet 54 FAMILIAR STUDIES IN HOMER .
... by more learned neighbours was still to come . The Signs 1 De Naturâ Deorum , lib . ii . cap . 43 . Teutonic Mythology ( Stallybrass ) , vol . ii . p . 729 . of the Zodiac were certainly unknown to Homer , yet 54 FAMILIAR STUDIES IN HOMER .
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... mythology begins with Hesiod ; Homer ( whether the Iliadic or the Odyssean ) takes the names of the stars as he finds them , without seeking to connect them with any sub- lunary occurrences . To be sure , differences of place and ...
... mythology begins with Hesiod ; Homer ( whether the Iliadic or the Odyssean ) takes the names of the stars as he finds them , without seeking to connect them with any sub- lunary occurrences . To be sure , differences of place and ...
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... mythological reputation as the voracious hound of Hades , and the barking pack of Scylla ; a Molossian sent to Alexander was stated to have brought down a lion ; while , on the other hand , the canine detective of Montargis had a rival ...
... mythological reputation as the voracious hound of Hades , and the barking pack of Scylla ; a Molossian sent to Alexander was stated to have brought down a lion ; while , on the other hand , the canine detective of Montargis had a rival ...
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