Introduction to a Scientific System of Mythology, Том 1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1844 - 353 стор. |
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... knowledge of their contents . This must be done in a thousand indi- vidual instances ere we shall be able to seize the essence of the mythus as a generic idea . And then the question still remains , whether we can express the knowledge ...
... knowledge of their contents . This must be done in a thousand indi- vidual instances ere we shall be able to seize the essence of the mythus as a generic idea . And then the question still remains , whether we can express the knowledge ...
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... knowledge of Grecian anti- quity which , in reference to mythology , suffices to furnish starting - points for its true explanation . We know the language , and find from it that many mythological names have a meaning , and that the ...
... knowledge of Grecian anti- quity which , in reference to mythology , suffices to furnish starting - points for its true explanation . We know the language , and find from it that many mythological names have a meaning , and that the ...
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... knowledge of antiquity is obtained , we gain numberless points where we can plainly perceive what it speaks of , and the meaning of its communications . We thus gradually learn to understand its language and manner of expression , and ...
... knowledge of antiquity is obtained , we gain numberless points where we can plainly perceive what it speaks of , and the meaning of its communications . We thus gradually learn to understand its language and manner of expression , and ...
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... these mythi in order , —such , for instance , as we now find them in Apollodorus , as a system of thought and knowledge , must prove a fruitless task . Such a systematic coherence could , at most , extend merely to smaller THE MYTHUS . 13.
... these mythi in order , —such , for instance , as we now find them in Apollodorus , as a system of thought and knowledge , must prove a fruitless task . Such a systematic coherence could , at most , extend merely to smaller THE MYTHUS . 13.
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... knowledge and thought , -astronomical truths , max- ims in practical philosophy , or whatever else it might be , while he may have been struck with the pliability of particular portions of the matter to be explained , in adapting ...
... knowledge and thought , -astronomical truths , max- ims in practical philosophy , or whatever else it might be , while he may have been struck with the pliability of particular portions of the matter to be explained , in adapting ...
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3d Edition according Ægyptus already ancient antiquity Apollo Apollodorus appears Argive Argos Artemis Athena Author bard Boeotian Cabiri Cadmus called Cedalion certainly character circumstance cloth Comp connected connexion constellation Cretan dæmon deity Demeter derived Dionysus Dorians Encyclopædia Engravings entirely Euripides evidently example existence explained expression fable genealogy goddess gods Grecian Greece Greeks heavens Hellenic Hephæstus Hera Hercules Hermes Herodotus heroes heroic Hesiod Homer HOWITT idea interpretation invention J. C. LOUDON latter legend manner means merely Minyans mythi mythology mythus narrations nations nature Odyssey Olympiad Orch original Orion Orphici Paus Pausanias Pelasgians perhaps period Pherecydes Pindar Plates Pleiades poem poetical poetry poets Poseidon post 8vo priests Prometh race reference regard relation religion religious remark sacred sanctuary Schol stars story symbol temple Theogony things tion tradition TREATISE tribes Vignette Titles Woodcuts worship Zeus
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