A Classical Dictionary: Containing an Account of the Principal Proper Names Mentioned in Ancient Authors, and Intended to Elucidate All the Important Points Connected with the Geography, History, Biography, Mythology, and Fine Arts of the Greeks and Romans. Together with an Account of Coins, Weights, and Measures, with Tabular Values of the SameHarper & Brothers, 1842 - 1423 |
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... deity of the Achelous assu- country , too , began to be infested by predatory bands , med the form of a bull , but Hercules was victorious whose numbers were daily augmented by the starving and tore off one of his horns . His opponent ...
... deity of the Achelous assu- country , too , began to be infested by predatory bands , med the form of a bull , but Hercules was victorious whose numbers were daily augmented by the starving and tore off one of his horns . His opponent ...
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... deity , supposed to be the sun . Macrobius ( Sat. 1 , 23 ) states , that the name Adad means " One " ( Unus ) , and that the goddess Adargatis was assigned to this deity as his spouse , the former rep- resenting the Sun , and the latter ...
... deity , supposed to be the sun . Macrobius ( Sat. 1 , 23 ) states , that the name Adad means " One " ( Unus ) , and that the goddess Adargatis was assigned to this deity as his spouse , the former rep- resenting the Sun , and the latter ...
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... deities first reigned over the country ; then those of the second class ; after these the inferior deities ; then the demigods ; and , last of all , men . The first deity that reigned was Kneph : this embraces the most ancient period ...
... deities first reigned over the country ; then those of the second class ; after these the inferior deities ; then the demigods ; and , last of all , men . The first deity that reigned was Kneph : this embraces the most ancient period ...
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... deity , or , in other words , to be attached to some temple . The number of priests for any deity was never determined ; nor could it in- deed have been subjected to any regulations on this head , since priesthood was hereditary in ...
... deity , or , in other words , to be attached to some temple . The number of priests for any deity was never determined ; nor could it in- deed have been subjected to any regulations on this head , since priesthood was hereditary in ...
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... deity is said by Apollodo- close of autumn . In all these different points of view , rus to have changed the colour of the raven from white we find Esculapius corresponding to the Egyptian di- to black , as a punishment for his ...
... deity is said by Apollodo- close of autumn . In all these different points of view , rus to have changed the colour of the raven from white we find Esculapius corresponding to the Egyptian di- to black , as a punishment for his ...
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