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1000 Mythological Characters Briefly Described
Contributor(s): Ellis, Edward Sylvester (Author)

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 ISBN: 1548993069     ISBN-13: 9781548993061
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
OUR PRICE: $8.74  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Folklore & Mythology
- History | Ancient - Greece
Physical Information: 0.21" H x 6" W x 9" L (0.32 lbs) 102 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region - Greece
 
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" ... Since the Greeks and Romans were not among those who received the divine story of creation, they were forced to devise a theory to explain their own existence and account for the origin of all things. The foundation of this theory lay in the marvelous phenomena of nature around them. The growth of the mighty tree from the tiny seed, the bursting bud and blossom, the changing hues and the fragrance of flowers, the alternation of day and night, the flash of the rock-rending lightning, the rage of the tempest, the flow of the rivers; the towering mountains, the lovely valleys; dew, rain, the clouds, and the ever-shifting panorama on every hand; the majestic sweep of the blazing worlds through space-all these pointed unerringly to a First Cause, which originally launched them into being, and maintains the constant order of things and the miraculous procession of the planets and the orderly succession of the seasons in obedience to laws that know no change..."
 
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