| John Potter - Greece - 1751 - 528 pages
...concerning the Original of them : His Words are thefe in the Life of Thefeus ; " Thefeus inftituted Games in Emulation of Hercules, being ambitious, that...the Honour of Jupiter, fo by his Inftitution they ftiould celebrate the Ifthmian Games to the Honour of Neptune ,3 for thofe that were before dedicated... | |
| John Bell - Classical dictionaries - 1790 - 422 pages
...concerning the origin of them : his words, in the life of Theseus, are these: " Theseus instituted games in emulation of Hercules, being ambitious, that...celebrated the Olympian games to the honour of Jupiter, so, by his institution, they should celebrate the Isthmian games in honour of Neptune ; for those that... | |
| Hunting - 1796 - 426 pages
...concerning the original of them : his words are thefe in the life of Thefeus ; " Thefeus inftituted games in emulation of Hercules, being ambitious, that...appointment, celebrated the Olympian games to the honour of J upi • ! ter, fo by his inftitution they ihould ! celebrate the Ifthmian games to j the honour of... | |
| John Potter - 1808 - 588 pages
...words are these in the life of Theseus : ' Theseus instituted games tip emulation of Hercules, bpmg ambitious, that as the Greeks, by that hero's appointment,...celebrated the Olympian games to the ^honour of Jupiter, so by his institution they should celebrate the ^Isthmian games to the honour of Neptune; for those... | |
| John Potter (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1818 - 590 pages
...concerning the original of them ; his words are these in the life of Theseus : ' Theseus instituted games in emulation of Hercules, being ambitious, that...celebrated the Olympian games to the honour of Jupiter, so by his institution they should celebrate the Isthmian games to the honour of Neptune ; for those... | |
| John Potter - Greece - 1818 - 590 pages
...concerning the original of them ; his words are these in the life of Theseus : ' Theseus instituted games in emulation of Hercules, being ambitious, that...celebrated the Olympian games to the honour of Jupiter, so by his institution they should celebrate the Isthmian games tw the honour of Neptune ; for those... | |
| Plutarch - Greece - 1859 - 464 pages
...there, Ionia here. And on the west side, — Peloponnesus here, Ionia there. He also instituted the games, in emulation of Hercules, being ambitious,...celebrated the Olympian games to the honour of Jupiter, so, by his institution, they should celebrate the Isthmian to the honour of Neptune. For those that... | |
| Plutarch - Greece - 1875 - 462 pages
...there, Ionia here, and on the west side, — Peloponnesus here, Ionia there. He also instituted the games, in emulation of Hercules, being ambitious that...appointment, celebrated the Olympian games to the honor of Jupiter, so, by his institution, they should celebrate the Isthmian to the honor of Neptune.... | |
| Plutarch, Arthur Hugh Clough - Greece - 1876 - 810 pages
...there, Ionia here, and on the west side, — Peloponnesus here, Ionia there. He also instituted the games, in emulation of Hercules, being ambitious that...appointment, celebrated the Olympian games to the honor of Jupiter, so by his institution, they should celebrate the Isthmian to the honor of Neptune.... | |
| Plutarch - Greece - 1880 - 626 pages
...there, Ionia here, and on the west side, — Peloponnesus here, Ionia there. He also instituted the games, in emulation of Hercules, being ambitious that...appointment, celebrated the Olympian games to the honor of Jupiter, so by his institution, they should celebrate the Isthmian to the honor of Neptune.... | |
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