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... Elektryon is given as her father , a second son of Perseus , and therefore she was spoken of as ' the maid of Midea ' after the third family strong hold of the Perseids.705 Her son was called ' the Tirynthian ' after the fortified city ...
... Elektryon is given as her father , a second son of Perseus , and therefore she was spoken of as ' the maid of Midea ' after the third family strong hold of the Perseids.705 Her son was called ' the Tirynthian ' after the fortified city ...
Page 129
... Elektryon , who had eight sons beside his daughter Alkmene . Thus he rejected the offspring of his brother Mestor . Thereupon they drove off his cattle , and as so often in heroic times , a fight over the cows started . In this there ...
... Elektryon , who had eight sons beside his daughter Alkmene . Thus he rejected the offspring of his brother Mestor . Thereupon they drove off his cattle , and as so often in heroic times , a fight over the cows started . In this there ...
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... Elektryon , whether in anger or by pure mischance . So the young couple came to Thebes , where Kreon purified Amphitryon from the homicide . Alkmene remained his virgin wife as long as his vow of revenge was unfulfilled . But this might ...
... Elektryon , whether in anger or by pure mischance . So the young couple came to Thebes , where Kreon purified Amphitryon from the homicide . Alkmene remained his virgin wife as long as his vow of revenge was unfulfilled . But this might ...
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According Achilles Adrastos Agamemnon Aias Aietes Aigeus Akrisios Alkmene allegedly already Amazons Amphitryon Antiope Aphrodite Apollo Argonauts Argos Ariadne Artemis Atalante Athenians Atreus beast Bellerophontes belonged bore brother brought bull called Centaur chariot child cult daughter dead death Deianeira Delphi Dionysos Dioskuroi divine Euripides Eurystheus famous father goddess gods golden Greek Hades hand Harmonia Helen Hera Herakles Hermes hero Hesperides Hippodameia honour Iolaos Iolkos island Jason journey Kadmos Kekrops killed king Laios land later marriage Medeia Meleagros Menelaos Minos mother murder Mycenae narrators Odysseus Oidipus Oineus Oinomaos oracle Orpheus palace Pallas Athene Peirithoos Peleus Pelias Pelops Persephone Perseus Phrixos poet Polyneikes Poseidon primaeval Proitos queen sacrifice sent serpent Sisyphos sons story tale Tantalos Telephos temple Theban Thebes Theseus Thetis Thracian Thyestes Tiryns told took tragedy Trojan Troy Tyndareos underworld vase-painting shows wife young Zeus