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One of them was Immarados,380 son of Eumolpos, or, by Euripides' account of
the strife in his tragedy 'Erechtheus', Eumolpos himself.381 We shall later hear
more about Eumolpos, the 'good singer', the hero of the Eleusinians and ancestor
...
One of them was Immarados,380 son of Eumolpos, or, by Euripides' account of
the strife in his tragedy 'Erechtheus', Eumolpos himself.381 We shall later hear
more about Eumolpos, the 'good singer', the hero of the Eleusinians and ancestor
...
Page 287
He was connected to the royal family of the Athenians through his two wives,
Prokne and Philomela, just as Eumolpos, another Thracian, was through his
mother Chione, or Kephalos through his faithless wife Prokris, beloved of Eos.
He was connected to the royal family of the Athenians through his two wives,
Prokne and Philomela, just as Eumolpos, another Thracian, was through his
mother Chione, or Kephalos through his faithless wife Prokris, beloved of Eos.
Page 289
Eumolpos was not a personal name, but a ceremonial title which the priest of the
Mysteries adopted along with his office, during which he had no name,983 for he
cast his old name into the sea,984 to whose depths the original Eumolpos of ...
Eumolpos was not a personal name, but a ceremonial title which the priest of the
Mysteries adopted along with his office, during which he had no name,983 for he
cast his old name into the sea,984 to whose depths the original Eumolpos of ...
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Kadmos and Harmonia | 25 |
The Theban Dioskuroi | 34 |
Pelops and Hippodameia | 62 |
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According Achilles Adrastos Agamemnon Aias Aietes Aigeus Akrisios Alkmene allegedly already Amazons Amphitryon Antiope Aphrodite Apollo Argonauts Argos Ariadne Artemis Atalante Athenians Atreus Attica beast Bellerophontes belonged bore brother brought bull called Centaur chariot child cult daughter dead death Deianeira Delphi Dionysos Dioskuroi divine Elektryon Eumolpos Euripides Eurystheus Eurytos famous father goddess gods golden Greek Hades hand Harmonia Helen Hera Herakles Hermes hero Hesperides Hippodameia honour Iolaos Iolkos island Jason journey Kadmos Kekrops killed king Laios land later marriage Medeia Meleagros Menelaos Minos mother murder Mycenae narrators Odysseus Oidipus Oineus Oinomaos oracle Orpheus palace Pallas Athene Peirithoos Peleus Pelias Pelops Persephone Perseus Phrixos poet Polyneikes Poseidon primaeval Proitos queen sacrifice sent serpent Sisyphos sons story tale Tantalos temple Theban Thebes Theseus Thetis Thracian Thyestes Tiryns told took tragedy Trojan Troy underworld vase/painting shows wife 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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