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... legend ran in a Hesiodic poem , according to the ex- tract in Eratosthenes.2 In another poetical work , also ascribed to Hesiod , Callisto is called a nymph.3 Now , we set out from this , that the circumstance of the goddess , who is ...
... legend ran in a Hesiodic poem , according to the ex- tract in Eratosthenes.2 In another poetical work , also ascribed to Hesiod , Callisto is called a nymph.3 Now , we set out from this , that the circumstance of the goddess , who is ...
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... legend , for this reason only , that that animal was sacred to Arcadian Artemis . We know further , that in the time of Pausanias , a temple to Artemis Kaiorn , " the most beautiful , " stood in Arcadia near Mount Mænala ; on a high ...
... legend , for this reason only , that that animal was sacred to Arcadian Artemis . We know further , that in the time of Pausanias , a temple to Artemis Kaiorn , " the most beautiful , " stood in Arcadia near Mount Mænala ; on a high ...
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... legends of Prometheus and Epimetheus . We also recognise representa- tions of a physical nature ; in Æolus , for example , ( who is brought into connexion with heroic genealo- gies , ) with whom the Homeric legend makes plea- sant sport ...
... legends of Prometheus and Epimetheus . We also recognise representa- tions of a physical nature ; in Æolus , for example , ( who is brought into connexion with heroic genealo- gies , ) with whom the Homeric legend makes plea- sant sport ...
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... legends of indivi- dual cities , for which they composed their poems , whether designed for the celebration of gods or men . Upon those whom a legend most closely concerned , and who must have known it most accurately , they could not ...
... legends of indivi- dual cities , for which they composed their poems , whether designed for the celebration of gods or men . Upon those whom a legend most closely concerned , and who must have known it most accurately , they could not ...
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... legend was known , the more would it attract and charm the lovers of mythology . But if these poets themselves took the liberty of making as many new fables as they required , they certainly assumed , with regard to the rest , the merit ...
... legend was known , the more would it attract and charm the lovers of mythology . But if these poets themselves took the liberty of making as many new fables as they required , they certainly assumed , with regard to the rest , the merit ...
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3d Edition according Ægyptus already ancient antiquity Apollo Apollodorus appears Argive Argos Artemis Athena Author bard Boeotian Cabiri Cadmus called Cedalion certainly character circumstance cloth Comp connected connexion constellation Cretan dæmon deity Demeter derived Dionysus Dorians Encyclopædia Engravings entirely Euripides evidently example existence explained expression fable genealogy goddess gods Grecian Greece Greeks heavens Hellenic Hephæstus Hera Hercules Hermes Herodotus heroes heroic Hesiod Homer HOWITT idea interpretation invention J. C. LOUDON latter legend manner means merely Minyans mythi mythology mythus narrations nations nature Odyssey Olympiad Orch original Orion Orphici Paus Pausanias Pelasgians perhaps period Pherecydes Pindar Plates Pleiades poem poetical poetry poets Poseidon post 8vo priests Prometh race reference regard relation religion religious remark sacred sanctuary Schol stars story symbol temple Theogony things tion tradition TREATISE tribes Vignette Titles Woodcuts worship Zeus
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