A Smaller Classical Dictionary of Biography, Mythology, and Geography: Abridged from the Larger DictionaryMurray, 1884 - 438 páginas |
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... worship of the Lares , been taken from the she - wolf . She seems to from which her name Larentia is probably derived . ACCIUS OR ATTĬUS ( -i ) , L. , a Roman trag- ic poet , was born B.c. 170 , and lived to a great age . His tragedies ...
... worship of the Lares , been taken from the she - wolf . She seems to from which her name Larentia is probably derived . ACCIUS OR ATTĬUS ( -i ) , L. , a Roman trag- ic poet , was born B.c. 170 , and lived to a great age . His tragedies ...
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... worship of Adonis was of Phoenician origin , and ap- pears to have had reference to the death of ADRIA . nature in winter and to its revival in spring : hence Adonis spends 6 months in the lower and 6 months in the upper world . His ...
... worship of Adonis was of Phoenician origin , and ap- pears to have had reference to the death of ADRIA . nature in winter and to its revival in spring : hence Adonis spends 6 months in the lower and 6 months in the upper world . His ...
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... worship which he introduced . The grove in which the king had his interviews with the goddess , and in which a well gushed forth from a dark recess , was dedicated by him to the Camenae . The Roman legends point out two distinct places ...
... worship which he introduced . The grove in which the king had his interviews with the goddess , and in which a well gushed forth from a dark recess , was dedicated by him to the Camenae . The Roman legends point out two distinct places ...
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... worship of Aesculapius was Epidaurus , where he had a temple surrounded with an extensive grove . Serpents were sacred to him because they were a symbol of renovation , and were be- lieved to have the power of discovering heal- ing ...
... worship of Aesculapius was Epidaurus , where he had a temple surrounded with an extensive grove . Serpents were sacred to him because they were a symbol of renovation , and were be- lieved to have the power of discovering heal- ing ...
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... worship of Dionysus ( Bacchus ) . ALCMAEON ( -onis ) , son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle , and brother of Amphilochus . Ale- maeon took part in the expedition of the Epi- goni against Thebes , and on his return home he slew his mother ...
... worship of Dionysus ( Bacchus ) . ALCMAEON ( -onis ) , son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle , and brother of Amphilochus . Ale- maeon took part in the expedition of the Epi- goni against Thebes , and on his return home he slew his mother ...
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