A New System: Or, An Analysis of Antient Mythology ...J. Walker, 1807 |
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... river Phasis , in Colchis , was supposed to have abounded with gold ; and the like was pretended of the Hermus and Pactolus in Iönia . Not only the Poets , bút many of the graver historians , speak of their golden sands . Yet there is ...
... river Phasis , in Colchis , was supposed to have abounded with gold ; and the like was pretended of the Hermus and Pactolus in Iönia . Not only the Poets , bút many of the graver historians , speak of their golden sands . Yet there is ...
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... river Inopus , deep as it was , swelled with gold . Homer , in a hymn to the same personage , represents the whole more compendiously , by saying , that the island was weighed down with treasure : Βεβριθει . 8 Χρυσῳ δ ' αρα Δηλος άπασα ...
... river Inopus , deep as it was , swelled with gold . Homer , in a hymn to the same personage , represents the whole more compendiously , by saying , that the island was weighed down with treasure : Βεβριθει . 8 Χρυσῳ δ ' αρα Δηλος άπασα ...
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... rivers , which were named in the same manner . For it was usual , in the first ages , to consecrate rivers to Deities ... river Pactolus was of old so called , whence pro- bably came the notion of its abounding with 25 Χρύση , ή πολις το ...
... rivers , which were named in the same manner . For it was usual , in the first ages , to consecrate rivers to Deities ... river Pactolus was of old so called , whence pro- bably came the notion of its abounding with 25 Χρύση , ή πολις το ...
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... rivers conveyed down their streams fine filaments of brass : and the natives esteemed their land golden on account of the plenty of brass . Now what is this detail , but an abuse of terms , ill understood , and shamefully misapplied ...
... rivers conveyed down their streams fine filaments of brass : and the natives esteemed their land golden on account of the plenty of brass . Now what is this detail , but an abuse of terms , ill understood , and shamefully misapplied ...
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... rivers abound with that mineral . And yet , that the old mistake about gold may not be omitted , he con- cludes with a strange antithesis , by saying , that the natives esteemed their country Chrusitis , or golden , from the quantity of ...
... rivers abound with that mineral . And yet , that the old mistake about gold may not be omitted , he con- cludes with a strange antithesis , by saying , that the natives esteemed their country Chrusitis , or golden , from the quantity of ...
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Página 75 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Página 70 - This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law. Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
Página 168 - And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
Página 70 - And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.
Página 179 - Jam senior longa placidas in pace regebat. Hunc Fauno et nympha genitum Laurente Marica Accipimus. Fauno Picus pater : isque parentem Te, Saturne, refert ; tu sanguinis ultimus auctor.
Página 7 - The Lord of Hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
Página 43 - Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow : for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Página 278 - Next, where the Sirens dwell, you plough the seas; Their song is death, and makes destruction please. Unblest the man, whom music wins to stay Nigh the curst shore, and listen to the lay.
Página 270 - In the island of Chios it was a religious custom to tear a man limb from limb by way of sacrifice to Dionusus. The same obtained in Tenedos. It is Porphyry, who gives the account. He was a staunch Pagan, and his evidence on that account is of consequence.
Página 279 - Nigh the cursed shore, and listen to the lay. No more that wretch shall view the joys of life, His blooming offspring, or his beauteous wife ! In verdant meads they sport ; and wide around Lie human bones, that whiten all the ground : The ground polluted floats with human gore, And human carnage taints the dreadful shore.