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Page 181
Near the gate he saw two captives, Theseus and Peirithoos, who were under
punishment for trying to carry off the Queen of the underworld.” This story also will
be told later. Both heroes were sitting on a stone,” condemned to sit there for ever
.
Near the gate he saw two captives, Theseus and Peirithoos, who were under
punishment for trying to carry off the Queen of the underworld.” This story also will
be told later. Both heroes were sitting on a stone,” condemned to sit there for ever
.
Page 235
Against this, it was later calculated” that he must have been fifty years old when
he became the first abductor and husband of the beautiful daughter of Zeus. His
friend Peirithoos bore a part in this adventure, the carrying away of Helen; it was
...
Against this, it was later calculated” that he must have been fifty years old when
he became the first abductor and husband of the beautiful daughter of Zeus. His
friend Peirithoos bore a part in this adventure, the carrying away of Helen; it was
...
Page 238
Theseus himself had been obliged to leave his young wife, whom he kept
imprisoned and hidden in Aphidna, and in his turn to follow Peirithoos on a much
more perilous journey—to carry off a daughter of Zeus for him also." Or was it
originally ...
Theseus himself had been obliged to leave his young wife, whom he kept
imprisoned and hidden in Aphidna, and in his turn to follow Peirithoos on a much
more perilous journey—to carry off a daughter of Zeus for him also." Or was it
originally ...
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Contents
Kadmos and Harmonia | 25 |
Danaos and his Daughters | 39 |
Pelops and Hippodameia | 62 |
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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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