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... Finally he reached Sicily , where Zeus hurled Etna upon him . This mountain still spits forth the lightnings that fell upon the dragon . In this story Hermes is clearly out of place . He was one of the youngest sons of Zeus , and was ...
... Finally he reached Sicily , where Zeus hurled Etna upon him . This mountain still spits forth the lightnings that fell upon the dragon . In this story Hermes is clearly out of place . He was one of the youngest sons of Zeus , and was ...
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... finally slew the man bull - another story from heroic saga . Inasmuch as the story is interwoven with the tale of ... finally black . A soothsayer from Argos , a man named Polyidos , " the much knowing " , found the true likeness ...
... finally slew the man bull - another story from heroic saga . Inasmuch as the story is interwoven with the tale of ... finally black . A soothsayer from Argos , a man named Polyidos , " the much knowing " , found the true likeness ...
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... Finally all of them , together with Eridanos , 623 were raised up into the sky as constellations . The story's original ending , however , can be discovered from a Cretan tale . In Crete624 the wrecked charioteer was called Adymnos , or ...
... Finally all of them , together with Eridanos , 623 were raised up into the sky as constellations . The story's original ending , however , can be discovered from a Cretan tale . In Crete624 the wrecked charioteer was called Adymnos , or ...
Contents
THE BEGINNING OF THINGS | 15 |
THE MOIRAI HEKATE AND OTHER PRE OLYMPIAN | 31 |
THE GREAT GODDESS OF LOVE | 66 |
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According Adonis already amongst ancient Aphrodite Apollon appeared Ariadne Artemis Asia Minor beautiful begat birth Boeotia bore born brother called cave chariot child cows Cretan Crete Daktyloi dark daughter deities Delos Delphi Demeter Dionysos divine earth Erinyes Eros father female Gaia gave giant goddess gods golden Gorgons Greek Hades hand Harpies Heaven Hekate Helios Hephaistos Hera Herakles Hermes hero heroic saga Hesiod Hesperides Homer husband immortal island Kabeiroi King Korybantes Kouretes Kronos later Leto Maia maiden male mankind marriage means mentioned Moirai moon mortal mother Mount Muses mythology Nereids Nereus Night nymphs Okeanos Olympian Olympus original Orion Orpheus Ouranos Pallas Athene Persephone Phaethon phallic Phorkys Poseidon primordial Prometheus Rhea sacred Selene Semele serpent shape Sirens sister Skylla sons spring stories concerning surname tale Telchines tell Tethys Themis thou Titans told took Underworld vase vase-painting wife winged women word worshipped Zeus Zeus's