A Manual of Ancient History, Volume 3Van Antwerp, Bragg & Company, 1872 - 132 pages |
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... character from the other nations of Italy . Their origin is wrapped in mystery . Some suppose them to have been Turanian , and thus allied to the Lapps , Finns , and Estho'nians of northern Europe , and the Basques of Spain ; others ...
... character from the other nations of Italy . Their origin is wrapped in mystery . Some suppose them to have been Turanian , and thus allied to the Lapps , Finns , and Estho'nians of northern Europe , and the Basques of Spain ; others ...
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... character . They sought to know the will of their gods by auguries drawn from thunder and lightning , from the flight of birds , or from the entrails of slain beasts ; and to avert their wrath by sacrifices prescribed and regulated by ...
... character . They sought to know the will of their gods by auguries drawn from thunder and lightning , from the flight of birds , or from the entrails of slain beasts ; and to avert their wrath by sacrifices prescribed and regulated by ...
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... character , was chosen king . He was revered in after ages as the relig- ious founder of Rome , no less than Romulus as the author of its civil and military institutions . The wisdom and piety of his laws were attributed to the nymph ...
... character , was chosen king . He was revered in after ages as the relig- ious founder of Rome , no less than Romulus as the author of its civil and military institutions . The wisdom and piety of his laws were attributed to the nymph ...
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... character caused the Greek and the Roman divinities to be considered the same . Thus Jupiter was identified with Zeus ; Minerva , the thinking goddess - the Etruscan Menerfa- with Athena , etc. By order of the Delphic oracle or of the ...
... character caused the Greek and the Roman divinities to be considered the same . Thus Jupiter was identified with Zeus ; Minerva , the thinking goddess - the Etruscan Menerfa- with Athena , etc. By order of the Delphic oracle or of the ...
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... character to the whole year . People ' were careful , therefore , to have their thoughts , words , and acts on that day pure , beneficent , and just . They greeted each other with gifts and good wishes , and performed some part of ...
... character to the whole year . People ' were careful , therefore , to have their thoughts , words , and acts on that day pure , beneficent , and just . They greeted each other with gifts and good wishes , and performed some part of ...
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