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... MINOS According to most accounts , Eurystheus sent Herakles first to Crete to get the bull , and not till afterwards to Thrace to bring back the horses . Allegedly , king Minos was in possession of the bull , but should not have been ...
... MINOS According to most accounts , Eurystheus sent Herakles first to Crete to get the bull , and not till afterwards to Thrace to bring back the horses . Allegedly , king Minos was in possession of the bull , but should not have been ...
Page 159
... Minos had previously promised to sacrifice to Poseidon that which should come out of the sea . 917 But the beast was so handsome that Minos sacrificed another bull instead and sent this one to his herds of cows . ment ; Up to this point ...
... Minos had previously promised to sacrifice to Poseidon that which should come out of the sea . 917 But the beast was so handsome that Minos sacrificed another bull instead and sent this one to his herds of cows . ment ; Up to this point ...
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... Minos was staying on Paros500 and making sacrifice to the Charites when he got word of his son's misfortune . He tore the garland from his brows and bade the Autes stop ; ever since then the Parians made sacrifice to the Charites ...
... Minos was staying on Paros500 and making sacrifice to the Charites when he got word of his son's misfortune . He tore the garland from his brows and bade the Autes stop ; ever since then the Parians made sacrifice to the Charites ...
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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 beast Bellerophontes belonged bore brother brought bull called Centaur chariot child cult daughter dead death Deianeira Delphi Dionysos Dioskuroi divine Euripides Eurystheus 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 Telephos temple Theban Thebes Theseus Thetis Thracian Thyestes Tiryns told took tragedy Trojan Troy Tyndareos underworld vase-painting shows wife young Zeus