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the mother of Herakles, lay, and found there a bronze tablet with writing of that
kind, but far more modest grave/gifts than those which have come to light from the
tombs within the stone circle at Mycenae.5 In not one of the many graves of ...
the mother of Herakles, lay, and found there a bronze tablet with writing of that
kind, but far more modest grave/gifts than those which have come to light from the
tombs within the stone circle at Mycenae.5 In not one of the many graves of ...
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The birth of a god in the grave, even without the theme of burning, must have
been a very old story, since it was told also of Perseus, the hero and founder of
Mycenae, as his birth/ legend. He was born in an underground room, a chamber
of ...
The birth of a god in the grave, even without the theme of burning, must have
been a very old story, since it was told also of Perseus, the hero and founder of
Mycenae, as his birth/ legend. He was born in an underground room, a chamber
of ...
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the Kadmeia, opened it and transported its modest contents, including a tablet
with Mycenaean characters on it, to their own city.777 These assuredly were old
hero/tombs of Myce/ naean date which the Thebans and their neighbours
ascribed ...
the Kadmeia, opened it and transported its modest contents, including a tablet
with Mycenaean characters on it, to their own city.777 These assuredly were old
hero/tombs of Myce/ naean date which the Thebans and their neighbours
ascribed ...
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Contents
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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