Disquisitions Upon the Painted Greek Vases, and Their Probable Connection with the Shows of the Eleusinian and Other Mysteries |
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... goddess of wisdom . This subject is so interesting , that I shall venture to discuss it more at large . When Danaus emigrated from Egypt to Greece , which seems to have happened soon after the Exodus , statues were not known in the ...
... goddess of wisdom . This subject is so interesting , that I shall venture to discuss it more at large . When Danaus emigrated from Egypt to Greece , which seems to have happened soon after the Exodus , statues were not known in the ...
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... goddess Minerva ; and I appre- hend that the caput acris equi ( Virg . ) , combined with the palm- tree on the coins of Carthage , was intended to denote the move- ment or procession of spirit . On the Phoenician coin above cited , the ...
... goddess Minerva ; and I appre- hend that the caput acris equi ( Virg . ) , combined with the palm- tree on the coins of Carthage , was intended to denote the move- ment or procession of spirit . On the Phoenician coin above cited , the ...
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... goddess of sloth , who for this reason had a temple dedicated to her upon the spina . The Ova Castoris were sacred to the Dioscuri , the repre- sentatives of two equal portions of the universe , the higher and nether poles , the upper ...
... goddess of sloth , who for this reason had a temple dedicated to her upon the spina . The Ova Castoris were sacred to the Dioscuri , the repre- sentatives of two equal portions of the universe , the higher and nether poles , the upper ...
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... goddesses of seed - time and harvest , and preservation of crops , of fortune and victory , the branch of olive and the rest , the work of Panvinius De Ludis Circensibus may be seen . Thus the Apulian mysteries were illustrated by the ...
... goddesses of seed - time and harvest , and preservation of crops , of fortune and victory , the branch of olive and the rest , the work of Panvinius De Ludis Circensibus may be seen . Thus the Apulian mysteries were illustrated by the ...
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... goddesses ? On which account they drive away their swine at the time of the Thesmophoria , as is the custom at Megara . This fable is celebrated by the women with various festivals , in various towns , under the names of Thesmophoria ...
... goddesses ? On which account they drive away their swine at the time of the Thesmophoria , as is the custom at Megara . This fable is celebrated by the women with various festivals , in various towns , under the names of Thesmophoria ...
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