Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, System of universal knowledge, Том 151851 |
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... King of Eleusis , were , therefore , con- tinued in the superintendence of the sacred rites . The Eleusinian 1 Plut . de Def . Orac . chap . xxii . 2 Plut . Dem . 20 . The other oracles of Apollo were , 1st , at Aboe , in Phocis ; 2nd ...
... King of Eleusis , were , therefore , con- tinued in the superintendence of the sacred rites . The Eleusinian 1 Plut . de Def . Orac . chap . xxii . 2 Plut . Dem . 20 . The other oracles of Apollo were , 1st , at Aboe , in Phocis ; 2nd ...
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... King ! With prospering shade embower me while I sing Thy wonders yet unreached by mortal flight ! Sky - piercing mountain ! in thy bowers of love No tears are seen save where medicinal stalks Weep drops balsamic o'er the silvered walks ...
... King ! With prospering shade embower me while I sing Thy wonders yet unreached by mortal flight ! Sky - piercing mountain ! in thy bowers of love No tears are seen save where medicinal stalks Weep drops balsamic o'er the silvered walks ...
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... king of Argos , son of Oceanus and Tethys . True to their usual system of etymology , the Greeks attributed the nomenclature of the river Inachus to the circumstance , that this their famous hero threw himself into it when pursued by ...
... king of Argos , son of Oceanus and Tethys . True to their usual system of etymology , the Greeks attributed the nomenclature of the river Inachus to the circumstance , that this their famous hero threw himself into it when pursued by ...
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... king of Argos . Protos . By the voluntary abdication of Gelanor , the king of Argos , Danaus now became sovereign of that country , and was succeeded by his son - in- law Lynceus , whose successor was Abas . His two sons , Acrisius and ...
... king of Argos . Protos . By the voluntary abdication of Gelanor , the king of Argos , Danaus now became sovereign of that country , and was succeeded by his son - in- law Lynceus , whose successor was Abas . His two sons , Acrisius and ...
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... king of Thebes , by whom she became mother of six sons and six daughters . Though placed on an intimate footing with Lētō , the mother of Apollo and Artemis , her exulting pride broke forth in disdainful comparisons between the number ...
... king of Thebes , by whom she became mother of six sons and six daughters . Though placed on an intimate footing with Lētō , the mother of Apollo and Artemis , her exulting pride broke forth in disdainful comparisons between the number ...
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