...earth to the bdttom 69 T.irtarus. :-':'!j :'llj °'^ ' world of Homer was terminated on the vest by two fabulous countries ; near the sources of the ocean,...nothing ; a gulf, where all the elements of heaven, and1 Tartarus of the earth and the ocean were confounded ; a gulf, dreaded by the Gods themselves."...

...terminated by two fabulous countries. Near the sources of the ocean, and not far from the dismal caves of the dead, were the Cimmerians, an unhappy people,...region, the earth was enveloped by an indefinite chaos; 'aconfused mixture of existence and nothing ; a gulf, where all the elements of heaven and Tartarus,...

...the winds and seasons, is Elysium ; where ne-.tlier tempests nor winter are ever felt, where the sort zephyr continually murmurs, and where the elect of...confounded ; a gulf, dreaded by the gods themselves.' Near the unhappy Cimmerians, and the ever blessed inhabitants of Elysium, Hesiod places the Macrobians,...

...he calls Elysium, a country where tempests and winter are unknown, where a soft zephyr always blows, and where the elect of Jupiter, .snatched from the common lot of mortals, enjoy a perpetual felicity. Whether these fictions had an allegory for their basis, or were founded on the...

...ELmium, a country where * ij * «/ tempests and winter are unknown, where a soft zephyr always blows, and where the elect of Jupiter, snatched from the common lot of mortals, enjoy a perpetual felicity. Whether these fictions had an allegory for their basis, or were founded on the...