 | Thomas Keightley - 1838 - 1120 Seiten
...Tartaros. The length of the diameter of the hollow sphere is given thus by Hesiodf. It would take, he says, nine days for an anvil to fall from Heaven to Earth ; and an equal space of time would be occupied by its fall from Earth to the bottom of Tartaros. The luminaries which... | |
 | System - 1842 - 894 Seiten
...have been considered a hollow globe, divided into two equal portions by the flat disk of the earth ; and how very limited was this fancied universe we...and stars. The lower part of the globe was Tartarus, lilted with eternal darkness, and having its still air unmoved by any wind. From such beginnings as... | |
 | John Milton - 1850 - 594 Seiten
...Tartanu. The length of the diameter of the hollow sphere, is thus given by Hesiod. It would take, he says, nine days for an anvil to fall from Heaven to Earth; and an equal space of time would be occupied by its fall from Earth to the bottom of Tartarus. The luminaries which... | |
 | 1866 - 788 Seiten
...have been considered a hollow globe, d^ded into two equal portions by the flat disk of the earth ; and how very limited was this fancied universe we...number to fall from earth to the bottom of Tartarus! The upper part of this globe was Heaven, the abode of the everlasting gods, and the interior of this... | |
 | John Wesley Hanson - 1878 - 94 Seiten
...Tartarus. The length of the diameter of the hollow sphere is given thus by Hesiod. It would take, he says, nine days for an anvil to fall from Heaven to Earth ; and an equal space of time would be occupied by its fall from Earth to the bottom of Tartarus. The luminaries which... | |
 | Frank Stockton Dobbins, Samuel Wells Williams, Isaac Hollister Hall - 1883 - 830 Seiten
...Tartarus. The length of the diameter of the hollow sphere is given thus by Hesiod. It would take, he says, nine days for an anvil to fall from heaven to earth; and an equal space of time would be occupied by its fall from earth to Tartarus. The luminaries which gave light... | |
 | Frank Stockton Dobbins, Samuel Wells Williams, Isaac Hollister Hall - 1883 - 832 Seiten
...Tartarus. The length of the diameter of the hollow sphere is given thus by Hesiod. It would take, he says, nine days for an anvil to fall from heaven to earth; and an equal space of time would be occupied by its fall from earth to Tartarus. The luminaries which gave light... | |
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The length of the diameter of the hollow sphere is given thus by Hesiod. It would take, he says, nine days for an anvil to fall from heaven to earth; and an equal space of time would be occupied by its fall from earth to Tartarus. 