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The king is said to have inquired thereupon of the Delphic oracle and got the answer that the olive signified the goddess Athene , the water the god Poseidon , and the citizens were to decide after which the city was to be named .
The king is said to have inquired thereupon of the Delphic oracle and got the answer that the olive signified the goddess Athene , the water the god Poseidon , and the citizens were to decide after which the city was to be named .
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Earlier it had been called Sphairia , ' ball - shaped ' , but later , after the sacred marriage of Aithra , Hiera , ' the holy ' ; for sacred this islet was from then on to Athene . Aithra had dedicated the temple which arose there ...
Earlier it had been called Sphairia , ' ball - shaped ' , but later , after the sacred marriage of Aithra , Hiera , ' the holy ' ; for sacred this islet was from then on to Athene . Aithra had dedicated the temple which arose there ...
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But at the same time he was one of those heroes who were under the especial protection of the goddess Athene.240 He was born , so it is said , 241 within the precincts of the temple of Athene Alalkomene in Boiotia , and that , so the ...
But at the same time he was one of those heroes who were under the especial protection of the goddess Athene.240 He was born , so it is said , 241 within the precincts of the temple of Athene Alalkomene in Boiotia , and that , so the ...
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Contents
Kadmos and Harmonia | 25 |
Pelops and Hippodameia | 62 |
Salmoneus Melanippe and Tyro | 69 |
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According Achilles Aeschylus already ancient Apollo appeared Argonauts Argos arrived Artemis Athene beast beautiful became belonged bore born bring brother brought called carried child connected daughter dead death Dionysos divine earth famous father fell followed gave goddess gods golden Greek hand happened head Helen Hera Herakles hero human island Jason journey Kadmos killed king known land later lived marriage means Messenia mother Mycenae narrators night Odysseus offering Oidipus Oinomaos once originally palace passed Pelops perhaps Perseus poet Poseidon possession present queen received remained river Salmoneus sent showed sons story tale temple Theban Thebes Theseus told took tradition Troy turned underworld vase wife wished women young Zeus
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Heroes of the Greeks Myth and man |
| Author | Karl Kerényi |
| Publisher | Thames and Hudson, 1974 |
| Original from | University of California, Berkeley |
| Digitized | 3 Oct 2018 |
| Length | 439 pages |
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