Manual of Classical Literature: From the German of J.J. Eschenburg ... With Additions ... |
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Page 88 - Seasons, opened to permit the passage of the Celestials to earth, and to receive them on their return. The gods had their separate dwellings ; but all, when summoned, repaired to the palace of Jupiter, as did also those deities whose usual abode was the earth, the waters, or the underworld.
Page 234 - When a general had obtained a signal victory, a thanksgiving was decreed by the Senate to be made in all the temples ; and what was called a Ltctisternium took place, when couches were spread...
Page 312 - If the motion was less sudden, but of the same species, WAG. If made with force and a great effort, HWAG. These are varieties of one word, originally used to mark the motion of fire, water, wind, darts. II. To strike with a quick, vigorous, impelling force, BAG or BWAG, of which FAG and PAG are softer varieties. III. To strike with a harsh, violent, strong blow, DWAG, of which THWAG and TWAG are varieties.
Page 314 - The second form o! hieroglyphics is the SYMBOLICAL. These are the characters generally alluded to by the ancients, when they speak of hieroglyphics. Two arms stretched up towards heaven expressed the word offering ; the four quarters of a lion, strength ; an asp, power of life and death. As the Egyptians were a very civilized nation, it is clear...
Page 169 - The solemnity continued two days ; upon the first of which certain images or pictures of Adonis and Venus were brought forth with all the pomp and ceremonies...
Page 226 - ... there existed, in the time of Claudius, about twice as many provincials as there were citizens, of either sex, and of every age ; and that the slaves were at least equal in number to the free inhabitants of the Roman world. The total amount of this imperfect calculation would rise to about one hundred and twenty millions of persons : a degree of population which possibly "exceeds that of modern Europe,' and forms the most numerous society that has ever been united under the same system of government,...
Page 29 - Anchises, ie /Eneas. anchora, see ancora. ancile (• ule), -Is, [fanco + ilis, cf. о7киЛ<($], п., a small oval shield. — Esp., the shield which was said to have fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa, and on the continued preservation of which the prosperity of Rome was declared to depend. — Also the others made like it, which were carried in procession at Rome in a religious ceremony.
Page 132 - A monster, having the head and breasts of a woman, the body of a dog, the tail of a serpent, the wings of a bird, and the paws of a lion.
Page 253 - The sixth class comprehended all those who either had no estates, or were not worth so much as those of the fifth class. The number of them was so great as to exceed that of any of the other classes, yet they were reckoned but as one century.
Page 129 - In Roman mythology these are found among the demons of the Genii. Although often spoken of as the spirits or souls of the departed, they seem more commonly to have been considered as guardians of the deceased, whose office was to watch over their graves, and hinder any disturbance of their tranquillity.