CHAPTER VIII

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GREECE.

Origin of the world and of the gods--The generations of the gods--Gods of the Grecians--Specimen stories from Greek mythology--Hermes and Apollo--The Lotus-eaters and the Cyclops--Hercules’ twelve tasks--The Phidian Jupiter--Grecian temples and worship of Paul’s day--The city crowded with idols--Diana of the Ephesians, 150

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