A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1872)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 463
ls, and on this ac-count carried off to live with the gods andbe the cupbearer of Zeus (Jupiter). Thisis the account of Homer, but others are verydifferent. He is made the son of Laome-don, of Ilus, of Erichthonius, or of Assaracus.Fortuna. (British Museum.) And it is said Jupiter, in the form of… … ILLUSTRATED IN ART. 447 upon Mount Ida. He is placed among the stars under the name ofAquar.us. In Latin he is sometimes called Catamitus. Genius. A protecting spirit, corresponding to a guardian an-gel. Both Greeks and Romans believed in them, and the formercalled them Diemons. They were believed…
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