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... fire , tended by six virgin priestesses called Vestals , flamed in her tem- ple . As the safety of the city was held to be connected with its conservation , the neglect of the virgins , if they let it go out , was severely punished ...
... fire , tended by six virgin priestesses called Vestals , flamed in her tem- ple . As the safety of the city was held to be connected with its conservation , the neglect of the virgins , if they let it go out , was severely punished ...
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... fire to man . With this gift man was more than a match for all other animals . It enabled him to make weapons wherewith to subdue them ; tools with which to cultivate the earth ; to warm his dwelling , so as to be comparatively ...
... fire to man . With this gift man was more than a match for all other animals . It enabled him to make weapons wherewith to subdue them ; tools with which to cultivate the earth ; to warm his dwelling , so as to be comparatively ...
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... fire , he changed his plan , and resolved to drown it . The north wind , which scatters the clouds , was chained up ; the south was sent out , and soon covered all the face of heaven with a cloak of pitchy darkness . The clouds , driven ...
... fire , he changed his plan , and resolved to drown it . The north wind , which scatters the clouds , was chained up ; the south was sent out , and soon covered all the face of heaven with a cloak of pitchy darkness . The clouds , driven ...
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... fire burned . There they fell prostrate on the earth , and prayed the goddess to inform them how they might re- trieve their miserable affairs . The oracle answered , " Depart from the temple with head veiled and garments Inbound , and ...
... fire burned . There they fell prostrate on the earth , and prayed the goddess to inform them how they might re- trieve their miserable affairs . The oracle answered , " Depart from the temple with head veiled and garments Inbound , and ...
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... to be avenged On him who had stole Jove's authentic fire . " Prometheus and Epimetheus were sons of Iapetus , which Milton changes to Japhet . Prometheus has been a favorite subject with the poets He STORIES OF GODS AND HEROES . 31.
... to be avenged On him who had stole Jove's authentic fire . " Prometheus and Epimetheus were sons of Iapetus , which Milton changes to Japhet . Prometheus has been a favorite subject with the poets He STORIES OF GODS AND HEROES . 31.
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