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Identifier: historyofdevilid00caru (find matches)
Title: The history of the devil and the idea of evil; from the earliest times to the present day
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Carus, Paul, 1852-1919
Subjects: Devil Demonology Good and evil
Publisher: Chicago : Open Court Pub. Co. London, K. Paul, Trench, Trubner
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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CHiM.tRA OF Akezzo. The monster slain by Bellerophon. (Now at Florence.) This description reminds us not onU of the SecondEpistle of St. Peter, but also of Revelation, xii. 7-9: And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels foughtagainst the dragon ; and the dragon fought and his angels ; andprevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent called theDevil and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world ; he was castout into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. GREECE AND ITALY, 203 Thus the old Greek demons merely changed namesand reappeared in new personalities. In this shape theywere embodied into the canonical books of the New Tes-tament and became the integral part of tlie new religion,which at that time began to conquer the world.
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Theseus and Pirithous. Venturing down to Hades for the purpose of bringing up Persephone, thedaughter of Ceres, they are made prisoners and bound by an Erinys. Theseus isat last rescued by Hercules. Pluto holds in his hand a scepter on the top of whichsits the dismal owl as an avisfunebris. Persephone carries two cross-torches. (From an Etruscan Vase. Baumeister, Dcnkmiilcr dcs class. Allcriums.) The Greek idea of salvation is mirrored in the le-gends of Hercules, Bellerophon, Theseus, Dionysus, andother myths, which had become dear to the Greek mindthrough the tales of poets and the works of artists. The powers of evil which Hercules overcomes arerepresented as a lion, a dragon, a wild boar, harpy-like 204 THE HISTORY OF THE DEVIL. birds, and a bull. In addition be captures the swift bindof Arcadia, be cleanses tbe stables of Augeas, tames tbeman-eating mares of Diomedes, conquers H3^polyte, tbequeen of tbe Amazons, brings tbe oxen of Geryon fromtbe far West, and carries Cerberus to

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  • bookauthor:Carus__Paul__1852_1919
  • booksubject:Devil
  • booksubject:Demonology
  • booksubject:Good_and_evil
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