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510 A very ancient form of the story is referred to by a late narrator , that one who informs us5il that Oidipus was then gone out to steal horses and that Laios when he met him was accompanied by his wife Epikaste .
510 A very ancient form of the story is referred to by a late narrator , that one who informs us5il that Oidipus was then gone out to steal horses and that Laios when he met him was accompanied by his wife Epikaste .
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Thus Oidipus became a sage , and also the most foolish of all the kings in the world . He received as the prize of his victory ( so the best - known version has it , which does not make lokaste present at Laios ' murder ) , his own ...
Thus Oidipus became a sage , and also the most foolish of all the kings in the world . He received as the prize of his victory ( so the best - known version has it , which does not make lokaste present at Laios ' murder ) , his own ...
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a Probably Aeschylus told much the same story ; it was said of him569 that he had divulged something in his ' Oidipus ' which belonged to the Mysteries of Demeter . Those Mysteries were the Mysteries also of her daughter , the goddess ...
a Probably Aeschylus told much the same story ; it was said of him569 that he had divulged something in his ' Oidipus ' which belonged to the Mysteries of Demeter . Those Mysteries were the Mysteries also of her daughter , the goddess ...
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Contents
Kadmos and Harmonia | 25 |
Pelops and Hippodameia | 62 |
Salmoneus Melanippe and Tyro | 69 |
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| 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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