Manual of Mythology: Greek and Roman, Norse, and Old German, Hindoo and Egyptian Mythology (Biblia.com)

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In this classic textbook, A.S. Murray, distinguished 19th century Scottish scholar and archeologist, provides a compelling summary of ancient mythologies and their key characters. Manual of Mythology gives a complete understanding of the ancient world and the stories that arose out of their cultures and beliefs. Murray describes in clear detail the major gods, goddesses, and stories of the Greek,...

The strong feelings of piety, gratitude, dependence, or consciousness of guilt, which gave rise to such offerings, gave rise also to a universal habit of prayer, and a desire to frequent on all possible occasions the temples and altars of the god. Morning and evening, at the beginning of meals, at the opening of business in the courts of justice and public assemblies, a prayer was offered up, now to one god, now to another, or, if no particular deity appeared to be an appropriate guardian for the

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