New Manual of General History, with Particular Attention to Ancient and Modern Civilization: A Complete Course in History. for the Use of Colleges, High Schools, Academies, Etc
New Manual of General History, with Particular Attention to Ancient and Modern Civilization: A Complete Course in History. for the Use of Colleges, High Schools, Academies, Etc
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ...carried to Hades. 115. These deities were, during the period of Greek paganism, the primary objects of religious worship; but there were several others, some of whom were;. Other deities. almost as prominent. Thus the most ancient of, all was Gaea (the earth), who was married to her own son Uranos (heaven), with whom ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ...carried to Hades. 115. These deities were, during the period of Greek paganism, the primary objects of religious worship; but there were several others, some of whom were;. Other deities. almost as prominent. Thus the most ancient of, all was Gaea (the earth), who was married to her own son Uranos (heaven), with whom commenced the race of the gods. Uranos was the father of the Titans and other monsters, those mighty beings who personified the forces of nature, by which the great geological changes of the earth were effected. Kronos, the father of Zeus, and Oceanus (the ocean) were the sons of Uranos, who had a numerous offspring. All these seem to personify the great physical principles and forces concerned in the operations of nature. Thus from Uranos (the sky) comes the fertility which the earth receives from rain, dew, etc. Similar personifications were also iN'yx (night), Hyp'nos (sleep), and O-nei'ros (dream); but in the mythology their actual, not allegorical, personality was recognized. represented in a peculiar manner. This temple was set on fire by a man named Heros'tratos, on the night of the birth of Alexander the Great, but was afterwards rebuilt with greater splendor; but not a vestige of it now remains. The worship of Diana was at its height when St. Paul went to Ephesus to preach Christianity. " I maintain fully the character of these great divine agents as persons, which Is the light in which they presented themselves to the Homeric or Hesiodic audience. To resolve them into mere allegories is unsafe and unprofitable; we then depart from the point of view of the original hearers without acquiring any consistent or philosophical point of view of our own."--(?rofe, 116. The Greeks believed in an unseen world, which they called Ha'des...
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