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Page 128 - 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 84 - Olympian king that .the gods feasted each day on ambrosia and nectar, their food and drink, the latter being handed round by the lovely goddess Hebe. Here they conversed of the affairs of heaven and earth; and as they quaffed their nectar, Apollo, the god of music, delighted them with the tones of his lyre, to which the Muses sang in responsive strains. When the sun was set the gods retired to sleep in their respective dwellings. The following lines from the Odyssey...
Page 114 - The goddess of fortune is represented on ancient monuments with a horn of plenty, and sometimes two, in her hands. She is blindfolded, and generally holds a wheel in her hands as an emblem of her inconstancy. Sometimes she appears with wings, and treads upon the prow of a ship, and holds a rudder in her hands.
Page 84 - It was also in the great hall of the palace of the Olympian king that the gods feasted each day on ambrosia and nectar, their food and drink, the latter being handed round by the lovely goddess Hebe.
Page 308 - On which (foundation) he says, " an edifice has been erected of a more useful and wonderful kind than any which have exercised human ingenuity. They were uttered at first, and probably for several generations, in an insulated manner. The circumstances of the actions were communicated by gestures, and the variable tunes of the voice ; but the actions themselves were expressed by their suitable monosyllable."— p.
Page 160 - A more interesting sight for modern curiosity can hardly be conceived to exist among the ruins of any Grecian city. In its original state it had been a temple ; the farther part from the entrance, where the altar was, being an excavation of the rock, and the front and roof constructed with tiles.
Page 16 - The month of January was sacred to him, as were also all gates and doors. The gates of his temple were always kept open in time of war and shut in time of peace. The fire upon the household hearth was regarded as the symbol of the goddess Vesta. Her worship was a favorite one with the Romans. The nation, too, as a single great family, had a common national hearth in the Temple of Vesta, where the sacred fires were kept burning from generation to generation...
Page 160 - ... to have a small aperture, easily concealed, and level with the surface of the rock. This was barely large enough to admit the entrance of a single person; who having descended into the narrow passage, might creep along until he arrived immediately behind the...
Page 152 - ... regularly formed in ranks and files. Steadiness in the soldier, that foundation of all those powers which distinguish an army from a mob, and which to this day forms the highest praise of the best troops, we find in great perfection in the Iliad. ' The Grecian phalanges,
Page 306 - ... in use in America from time immemorial. They are found in the tombs of the ancient inhabitants of Peru, and several nations use them at this day. They shape and sharpen them upon a kind of grindstone, and, by length of time, labor, and patience, form them into any figure they please. They then fit them very dexterously with a handle, and use them nearly in the same manner we do our tools of iron. Asia and Europe are strewed with these sort of stones.