Read full poem →[Footnote 130: After Apollo, in the later mythology, had been identified
with the sun, all the names personifying the sun, of which Titan was
Dictionary Entry
The collection of myths of a people, concerning the origin of the people, history, deities, ancestors and heroes.
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. mythologymythology greekmythology classicalmythology hindumythology ancientmythology roman
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Poetry examples for “mythology”
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Read full poem →_199. Chimera, a monster in Greek mythology, having the head of a
lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon. he word here
Read full poem →The influence of the New Learning is clearly evident in Spenser's use of
_classical mythology_. Greek myths are placed side by side with Christian
imagery and legends. Like Dante, the poet did not consider the Hellenic
Read full poem →I hope I have not in too late a day touched the beautiful
mythology of Greece, and dulled its brightness: for I wish to
try once more, before I bid it farewell.
Read full poem →matter may be looked up, and will show how other poets, or Milton
elsewhere, have played with the same piece of history or mythology. Thus
a poem may be dealt with for a number of days. Repetition is, to a
Read full poem →story of the quack, borrowed from Boileau, was not worth the importation;
he has confounded the British and Saxon mythology:
Read full poem →Hesiod, and other classical writers. Wakefield remarks: "Venus is
here employed, in conformity to the mythology of the Greeks, as the
source of creation and beauty."
Read full poem →What counted was mythology of self,