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... ancients , to whom they paid divine honours . Likewise the emblem of time . Some suppose Saturn to be the same as Noah ; but the history of the early heathen na- tions is so obscured by fable , as to render con- jecture fruitless ...
... ancients , to whom they paid divine honours . Likewise the emblem of time . Some suppose Saturn to be the same as Noah ; but the history of the early heathen na- tions is so obscured by fable , as to render con- jecture fruitless ...
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... ancient name of the Island of Candia , one of the largest in the Mediterranean sea . It was once famous for its hundred cities . Jupiter , as some report , was educated in that island by the Cory- bantes , and they could shew his tomb ...
... ancient name of the Island of Candia , one of the largest in the Mediterranean sea . It was once famous for its hundred cities . Jupiter , as some report , was educated in that island by the Cory- bantes , and they could shew his tomb ...
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... ancients , that Delphi was in the middle of the earth . 518 Or in Dodona . • A town in Thespotia , in Epirus ; others say , in Thessaly . There was , in its neighbourhood , an oracle , dedicated to Jupiter . The town and temple of the ...
... ancients , that Delphi was in the middle of the earth . 518 Or in Dodona . • A town in Thespotia , in Epirus ; others say , in Thessaly . There was , in its neighbourhood , an oracle , dedicated to Jupiter . The town and temple of the ...
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... ; from whence it returns , with the spring , and again penetrates into the northern countries ; ..thus completing its circuit with the round of the A seasons . Struck with these perpetual migrations , the ancients 27.
... ; from whence it returns , with the spring , and again penetrates into the northern countries ; ..thus completing its circuit with the round of the A seasons . Struck with these perpetual migrations , the ancients 27.
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... ancients referred the scene of their combats with the Pigmies , a race of little men , says Aristotle , mounted on small horses , who live in caves . Pliny places the country of the Pigmies among the mountains of India , beyond the ...
... ancients referred the scene of their combats with the Pigmies , a race of little men , says Aristotle , mounted on small horses , who live in caves . Pliny places the country of the Pigmies among the mountains of India , beyond the ...
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