Early English Books Online
 All Digital Collections  spacer  Login  
 
Add to bookbag
Author: Gautruche, Pierre, 1602-1681.
Title: The poetical histories being a compleat collection of all the stories necessary for a perfect understanding of the Greek and Latine poets and other ancient authors / written originally in French, by the learned Jesuite, P. Galtruchius ; now Englisht and enricht with observations concerning the gods worshipped by our ancestors in this island, by the Phœnicians, and Syrians in Asia ... ; unto which are added two treatises, one of the curiosities of old Rome, and of the difficult names relating to the affairs of that city, the other containing the most remarkable hieroglyphicks of Ægypt, by Marius d'Assigny ...
Rights/Permissions: The University of Michigan Library provides access to these keyboarded and encoded editions of the works for educational and research purposes. These transcriptions are believed to be in the public domain in the United States; however, if you decide to use any of these transcriptions, you are responsible for making your own legal assessment and securing any necessary permission. If you have questions about the collection, please contact eebotcp-info@umich.edu. If you have concerns about the inclusion of an item in this collection, please contact LibraryIT-info@umich.edu. This statement does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/ for more information.
Print source: The poetical histories being a compleat collection of all the stories necessary for a perfect understanding of the Greek and Latine poets and other ancient authors / written originally in French, by the learned Jesuite, P. Galtruchius ; now Englisht and enricht with observations concerning the gods worshipped by our ancestors in this island, by the Phœnicians, and Syrians in Asia ... ; unto which are added two treatises, one of the curiosities of old Rome, and of the difficult names relating to the affairs of that city, the other containing the most remarkable hieroglyphicks of Ægypt, by Marius d'Assigny ...
Gautruche, Pierre, 1602-1681., D'Assigny, Marius, 1643-1717.
London: Printed by B.G. and are to be sold by Moses Pitt ..., 1671.
Alternate titles: Histoire poétique pour l'intelligence des poéts. English
Subject terms:
Mythology, Classical.
Rome -- Antiquities.
URL: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A42508.0001.001
How to cite: For suggestions on citing this text, please see Citing the TCP on the Text Creation Partnership website.

Table of Contents
View entire text
title page
TO THE Right Honourable Sir ORLANDO BRIDGMAN, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England, and one of his Maje∣sties most Honourable Privy Council, &c.
THE CONTENTS
The First Book.
The Second Book.
The Third Book.
Of the Roman Curiosities.
Of the Egyptian Hieroglyphicks.
THE PREFACE TO THE Judicious READER.
These Books are to be sold by Moses Pitt at the White Hart in Little Britain.
Folio.
Quarto.
Octavo.
The most pleasant History of the POETS, necessary for the understanding of the Heathen Writers.
BOOK I.
CHAP. I.
CHAP. II.
CHAP. III.
CHAP. IV.
CHAP. V.
CHAP. VI.
CHAP. VII.
CHAP. VIII.
CHAP. IX.
CHAP. X.
CHAP. XI.
CHAP. XII.
CHAP. XIII.
CHAP. XIV,
CHAP. XV.
CHAP. XVI.
title page
The Preface.
THE HISTORY OF THE Ancient Demi-Gods:
Book II.
CHAP. I.
CHAP. II.
CHAP. III.
CHAP. IV.
CHAP. V.
CHAP. VI.
CHAP. VII.
CHAP. VIII.
CHAP. IX.
CHAP. X.
CHAP. XI.
CHAP. XII.
CHAP. XIII.
CHAP. XIV.
CHAP. XV.
CHAP. XVI.
CHAP. XVII.
CHAP. XVIII.
CHAP. XIX.
CHAP. XX.
CHAP. XXI.
CHAP. XXII.
CHAP. XXIII.
CHAP. XXIV.
The Third Book.
The PREFACF.
Of the Honours rendred by the Heathens to their Gods.
CHAP. II.
CHAP. III.
CHAP. IV.
CHAP. V.
CHAP. VI.
CHAP. VII.
A Treatise of the Roman Anti∣quities, and of the difficult Names relating to their Affairs not mentioned by Gautruche.
CHAP. I.
CHAP. II.
CHAP. III.
CHAP. IV.
CHAP. V.
CHAP. VI.
CHAP. VII.
CHAP. VIII.
CHAP. IX.
CHAP. X.
CHAP. XI.
A Short COLLECTION Of the FAMOUS MYSTERIES Of the EGYPTIANS, Named HIEROGLYPHICKS.
The Preface.
CHAP. I.
CHAP. II.
CHAP. III.
CHAP. IV.
Errata.
Book. I.
Book. II.
Book III.
Advertisement.
AN INDEX OF THE NAMES and PLACES.