Introduction to a Scientific System of Mythology, Том 1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1844 - 353 стор. |
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... task was not ill chosen , his opinion of the manner in which I had executed it so far , was certainly not such as to discourage me from bringing it to a conclusion . CONTENTS . CHAP . I. External Idea of the Mythus viii PREFACE .
... task was not ill chosen , his opinion of the manner in which I had executed it so far , was certainly not such as to discourage me from bringing it to a conclusion . CONTENTS . CHAP . I. External Idea of the Mythus viii PREFACE .
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... manner is it a peculiarity of the mythic form that personified beings are introduced , who , although never imagined as entirely human , are , nevertheless , seen to act after the manner of men . From Uranus and Gæa downwards , all ...
... manner is it a peculiarity of the mythic form that personified beings are introduced , who , although never imagined as entirely human , are , nevertheless , seen to act after the manner of men . From Uranus and Gæa downwards , all ...
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... manner , a town in Ar- cadia was called Cleitor , because it stood in a narrow secluded valley , ( from kλeiw ; ) and yet it also is said to have been called after a hero of that name.2 Thousands of such instances might be collected ...
... manner , a town in Ar- cadia was called Cleitor , because it stood in a narrow secluded valley , ( from kλeiw ; ) and yet it also is said to have been called after a hero of that name.2 Thousands of such instances might be collected ...
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... manner , and have devised very ingenious systems , by which the true meaning of all mythic narrations should be ascertained . But fortunately the case stands otherwise ; and we still possess , from independent sources , a knowledge of ...
... manner , and have devised very ingenious systems , by which the true meaning of all mythic narrations should be ascertained . But fortunately the case stands otherwise ; and we still possess , from independent sources , a knowledge of ...
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... manner , reproduced by the ancient philosophers ; nay , some- times , too , clothed by them in mythic drapery . By means of this connexion between mythology and the other sources whence our knowledge of antiquity is obtained , we gain ...
... manner , reproduced by the ancient philosophers ; nay , some- times , too , clothed by them in mythic drapery . By means of this connexion between mythology and the other sources whence our knowledge of antiquity is obtained , we gain ...
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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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