. Grecian and Roman mythology . se an eagle, that they believedcarried the soul to heaven. After this apotheosis, temples and altarswere erected to the departed emperor, and he was worshipped as a god. The symbols of consecration are usually found upon imperial medals,the head of the emperor being surrounded with rays, and on the re-verse, the funeral pile with the eagle ; or on that of an empress, a pea-cock. In the height of her glory, Rome was honored as a deity in Romeitself. Augustus allowed this worship only in the provinces. Hadrianwas the first fbo erected a temple to her in the city.
. Grecian and Roman mythology . se an eagle, that they believedcarried the soul to heaven. After this apotheosis, temples and altarswere erected to the departed emperor, and he was worshipped as a god. The symbols of consecration are usually found upon imperial medals,the head of the emperor being surrounded with rays, and on the re-verse, the funeral pile with the eagle ; or on that of an empress, a pea-cock. In the height of her glory, Rome was honored as a deity in Romeitself. Augustus allowed this worship only in the provinces. Hadrianwas the first fbo erected a temple to her in the city. She is repre-sented as robust and warlike, according to the Greek jtymology of hername, which signifies force. Her statues, which are rare, resemblethose of Pallas. On medals she is sometimes represented as seatedupon the seven hills, and sometimes in her temple, holding an eagle, atrophy, or a palladium ; a globe, or a victory. The victory, or a crown;always accompanies her. PART FIFTH. MYTHIC FICTIONS. MYTHIC FICTIONS According to Hesiod, Triton wasa son of Poseidon and Amphitrite,who, keeping to the bottom of thesea, dwelt with his mother and royalfather in a golden house. Later po-ets made him his fathers is sometimes represented as blow-ing the shell and holding a rudderover his shoulder. He was also mul-tiplied, and we read of Tritons in the plural number. Like the Nereides, the Tritons were degraded to the fish form. Pau-sanias tells us, that the women of Tanagra, in Boeotia, going into thesea to purify themselves for the orgies of Bacchos, were assailed byTriton ; but on praying to their god, he vanquished their , he adds, said that Triton used to carry off the cattle whichwere driven down to the sea, as well as seize all small vessels, till theTanagrians, placing bowls of wine on the shore, he drank of them, andbecoming intoxicated, threw himself down to sleep. A Tanagrianthen cut off his head with an axe. These legends he relates
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