The mythology of Greece and Rome : with special reference to its use in art (1894)
Seemann, Otto, 1825-1901, Bianchi, George Henry · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 124
d, in consequence, analtar of his own on all race-courses. The competitors, be-fore the races, solicited his favor with prayers and sacri-fices. The dolphin and the pine-tree were held sacred to Po-seidon, the latter probably because it was so extensively TIIK llOOS OK TOE SEA ANM) WATERS. 121 used… … Fig. 35.—Poseidon. Dolce Gem. the Greeks. In Rome his prominent characteristic •washis connection with the horse and the race-course. Thesewere placed under his special protection, for which reason 122 GREEK AND ROMAN MYTHOLOGY. the only temple he had in Rome stood in the Circus Fla-minius. The…
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