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On the third day the Argonauts left the island of Thynias . Phineus had foretold them which coasts and which peoples , beginning with the Mariandynoi , they were to visit and which they were to pass by before they rowed up the broad ...
On the third day the Argonauts left the island of Thynias . Phineus had foretold them which coasts and which peoples , beginning with the Mariandynoi , they were to visit and which they were to pass by before they rowed up the broad ...
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The rest he did himself with the Argonauts . But in all these accounts - in the old ones , which are full of meaning , and where Jason won the Golden Fleece from the darkness of death , from the belly of the serpent , and in the later ...
The rest he did himself with the Argonauts . But in all these accounts - in the old ones , which are full of meaning , and where Jason won the Golden Fleece from the darkness of death , from the belly of the serpent , and in the later ...
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In his human form he presented the Argonauts with a clod of earth , which the hero Euphemos , son of Poseidon , thankfully accepted . In his own shape he then guided and pushed the Argo into the sea . The heroes were able to land in ...
In his human form he presented the Argonauts with a clod of earth , which the hero Euphemos , son of Poseidon , thankfully accepted . In his own shape he then guided and pushed the Argo into the sea . The heroes were able to land in ...
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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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