The mythology of Greece and Rome : with special references to its use in art (1900)
Seemann, Otto, 1825-1901, Bianchi, G. H. (George Henry) · New York : American Book · leaf 173
s to the Greek mind;which is perhaps the rea-son why so few myths, be-yond that of the rape ofProserpina, were circulatedconcerning him. He can,in fact, scarcely be said tohave had a place in the public worship of the Greeks. The Roman conception of this deity differed little fromthat of the… … Fig. 46.—Head of Hades. PalazzoChigi, Rome. THE GODS OF THE EARTH AND LOWER WORLD. l7l Martius, which was uncovered and used once a year. Only black animals were sacrificed to him. Artists naturally hesitated to portray a being whose very name theyfeared to pronounce, and consequently antique…
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