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History of the heathen gods and heroes of antiquity

to which is added an original translation of the Battle of the gods and giants : the whole newly arranged, corrected and enlarged with the addition of several original and valuable articles

by William Sheldon, Hesiod, James Akin, Hesiod. Theogony. English. Selections, Isaiah Thomas & Thomas Wightman

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  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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First published by Thomas at Worcester, 1809. Copyright from 1st ed. reprinted on t.p. verso "Battle of the gods and titans. From the Theogony of Hesiod," p. 232-235 Appendix: Explanation of the constellations, planets, times and seasons. Represented on the Farnese globe Some cuts signed by James Akin or Thomas Wightman Cut on p. [92] printed upside down Last p. blank Signatures: A-U⁶ W⁶ X-Y⁶ Includes index

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ancient religions, animism, and ritual and Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Mythology”. Retained metadata contains “Mythology” in the subject metadata.

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  • Ancient religions, animism, and ritual

    Retained metadata contains “Gods” in the title, “Gods” in the subtitle, “Gods” in the description, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Gods”· in title
    • “Gods”· in subtitle
    • “Gods”· in description
    • “Gods”· in edition title
    • “Gods”· in edition subtitle

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Editions

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to which is added an original translation of the Battle of the gods and giants : the whole newly arranged, corrected and enlarged with the addition of several original and valuable articles

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1816Boston : Published by Isaiah Thomas, Jun.; Isaiah Thomas, Jun.English—Public

to which is added an original translation of the Battle of the gods and giants : the whole newly arranged, corrected and enlarged with the addition of several original and valuable articles

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1809Published and sold by Isaiah ThomasEnglish—No ebook

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  • Contributing institution: Getty Research Institute
  • Digitization sponsor: Getty Research Institute
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Open Library reports 1 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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openlibrary-work:OL11385604W
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