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Eurytos means ' good archer ' , one who draws his bow and hits the mark , like Apollo , the rhytor toxon.157 He was a son of Melas or Melaneus , ' the black one ' . 158 It is also told159 that he challenged Apollo himself to a contest ...
Eurytos means ' good archer ' , one who draws his bow and hits the mark , like Apollo , the rhytor toxon.157 He was a son of Melas or Melaneus , ' the black one ' . 158 It is also told159 that he challenged Apollo himself to a contest ...
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And on the desert island of Thynias , 774 the ' island of tunnies ' , which stands before the coast of Asia Minor just where Bithynia borders on the land of the Maryandynoi , Lykos ' people , they met Apollo . Tradition also has it775 ...
And on the desert island of Thynias , 774 the ' island of tunnies ' , which stands before the coast of Asia Minor just where Bithynia borders on the land of the Maryandynoi , Lykos ' people , they met Apollo . Tradition also has it775 ...
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... a swan502 in his mourning for the son of Helios , which of course does not prevent there having been some lost and very old tale of a single Kyknos , a son of Apollo whose name was Swan , and who probably was always a Thracian .
... a swan502 in his mourning for the son of Helios , which of course does not prevent there having been some lost and very old tale of a single Kyknos , a son of Apollo whose name was Swan , and who probably was always a Thracian .
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Contents
Kadmos and Harmonia | 25 |
The Theban Dioskuroi | 34 |
Danaos and his Daughters | 39 |
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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 passed Pelops perhaps Perseus poet Poseidon possession present queen received remained Salmoneus sent shape showed sons stone 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, 1959 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 10 Jun 2009 |
| Length | 439 pages |
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