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... begat the Phix , or Sphinx , a winged monster , half maiden and half lioness , which is mentioned in the story of Oidipous ; and begat also the Lion of Nemea , which , too , was slain by Herakles . Echidna also bore to Typhaon the Hydra ...
... begat the Phix , or Sphinx , a winged monster , half maiden and half lioness , which is mentioned in the story of Oidipous ; and begat also the Lion of Nemea , which , too , was slain by Herakles . Echidna also bore to Typhaon the Hydra ...
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... begat by her the Charites . In a story252 in which her name was corrupted into " Euonyme " , Kronos begat by her Aphrodite , the Moirai and the Erinyes . For us the Charites were a sort of threefold Aphrodite . Like her , they were not ...
... begat by her the Charites . In a story252 in which her name was corrupted into " Euonyme " , Kronos begat by her Aphrodite , the Moirai and the Erinyes . For us the Charites were a sort of threefold Aphrodite . Like her , they were not ...
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... begat on the cloud without Charites - that is to say , without Aphrodite : the same thing was said 512 of the tion of Hephaistos . Of Ixion's son , a being of twofold shape named Kentauros , it was told 513 that he mated with the mares ...
... begat on the cloud without Charites - that is to say , without Aphrodite : the same thing was said 512 of the tion of Hephaistos . Of Ixion's son , a being of twofold shape named Kentauros , it was told 513 that he mated with the mares ...
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THE BEGINNING OF THINGS | 15 |
THE MOIRAI HEKATE AND OTHER PRE OLYMPIAN | 31 |
THE GREAT GODDESS OF LOVE | 66 |
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