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That was the name of the river on which Salmoneus ' kingdom lay , first in Thessaly , in the country of his father Aiolos , then in the Peloponnesos , in the district of Elis , where he founded his own city . Enipeus means ' the roarer ...
That was the name of the river on which Salmoneus ' kingdom lay , first in Thessaly , in the country of his father Aiolos , then in the Peloponnesos , in the district of Elis , where he founded his own city . Enipeus means ' the roarer ...
Page 199
For that was to be the upshot of it.257 Deianeira looked on from the high bank of the river , 258 too frightened to watch her two suitors wrestling with one another.259 It was a real competition , an agon , with the bride for prize.260 ...
For that was to be the upshot of it.257 Deianeira looked on from the high bank of the river , 258 too frightened to watch her two suitors wrestling with one another.259 It was a real competition , an agon , with the bride for prize.260 ...
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The name Nessos was also borne by a river - god , one of the sons of Okcanos.267 This was the ferryman who took people across the water on his back and demanded payment for it . 268 Nessos gave out that he had received the office of ...
The name Nessos was also borne by a river - god , one of the sons of Okcanos.267 This was the ferryman who took people across the water on his back and demanded payment for it . 268 Nessos gave out that he had received the office of ...
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Contents
Kadmos and Harmonia | 25 |
Pelops and Hippodameia | 62 |
Salmoneus Melanippe and Tyro | 69 |
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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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