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The pantheon, or, Ancient history of the gods of Greece and Rome : for the use of schools and young persons of both sexes

William Godwin (Author), Mary Jane Godwin (Publisher), Buchanan McMillan (Printer), François Pomey
Print Book, English, 1814
The fourth edition View all formats and editions
Printed for M.J. Godwin, at the Juvenile Library, No. 41, Skinner Street and to be had of all booksellers, London, 1814
Juvenile works
x, 299 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
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Introduction
Genius of the Grecian religion: Of abstraction
Of allegory: Historical origin of the gods of the Greeks
Of the term God: Of worship, temples sacrifices, altars and priests
Of the religious ceremonies of the Athenians
Of the more ancient gods
War of the Titans
Of the twelve superior gods
War of the giants
Of the family of Iapetus and the creation of man
Of the rural deities
Of the domestic deities
Of monsters
Of the gods of the sea and the winds
Of the gods of hell
Of the gods representative of the faculties and conceptions of the mind
Of demigods
Of Bacchus, God of wine
Of Minos and the Minotaur
Of Belleropohn and Chimaera
Of Perseus and Medusa
Of the family of Tantalus
Loves of the gods
Of Hercules
Of the Argonautic expedition
Of the Argonauts
Of Theseus
Of Oedipus King of Thebes, and his posterity
Of the city of Troy
Of Romulus
Based on Andrew Tooke's translation of François Antoine Pomey's book of mythology
Baldwin is a pseudonym for William Godwin. See Osborne Collection of early children's books, 1566-1910, II:575, an entry for another edition
With index on pages [282]-299
Publisher's advertisement: [1] page at end
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