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... earth ; of Jupiter reigning in the thunder - cloud ; of Poseidon , the earth- shaker , in the vaulted rocks of the subterranean , and of the social alternations of the Dioscuri , have the same foundation as the opposing principle of the ...
... earth ; of Jupiter reigning in the thunder - cloud ; of Poseidon , the earth- shaker , in the vaulted rocks of the subterranean , and of the social alternations of the Dioscuri , have the same foundation as the opposing principle of the ...
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... earth are to the natural man . This the most ancient historians knew and have declared . Strabo says , that the ancients concealed their views of nature in enigmas , and wrapped their scientific observations in con- certed myths ...
... earth are to the natural man . This the most ancient historians knew and have declared . Strabo says , that the ancients concealed their views of nature in enigmas , and wrapped their scientific observations in con- certed myths ...
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... earth and the heavenly bodies , etc. ; -whose images are recognised by all authors in mythologic personification .. The eternal foundation - matter of all things was Chaos , which Night produced from herself , and through herself ...
... earth and the heavenly bodies , etc. ; -whose images are recognised by all authors in mythologic personification .. The eternal foundation - matter of all things was Chaos , which Night produced from herself , and through herself ...
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... earth ; that is , the vapour ascending from the sea and the waters mix themselves in the lower atmosphere . According to Ovid ( Fast . vi . 285 ) , Hera was swallowed up by her father with the rest of his children , and again vomited ...
... earth ; that is , the vapour ascending from the sea and the waters mix themselves in the lower atmosphere . According to Ovid ( Fast . vi . 285 ) , Hera was swallowed up by her father with the rest of his children , and again vomited ...
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... earth , the air , and fire , water is an original element : according to Hesiod , Oceanos , the eldest of the Titans , the husband of Thetis , by whom he was the father of 3000 streams and as many small seas . According to Homer ...
... earth , the air , and fire , water is an original element : according to Hesiod , Oceanos , the eldest of the Titans , the husband of Thetis , by whom he was the father of 3000 streams and as many small seas . According to Homer ...
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