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Odysseus is named to us as the first , 231 or one of the first , 232 of the suitors . He did not come himself and also sent no gifts , since he knew very well that Menelaos would be the successful one ; a king of little Ithake could not ...
Odysseus is named to us as the first , 231 or one of the first , 232 of the suitors . He did not come himself and also sent no gifts , since he knew very well that Menelaos would be the successful one ; a king of little Ithake could not ...
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Odysseus was cunning enough — he alone321 with the excep . tion of Peleus ... And in fact the Trojan War was to last ten years and the wanderings of Odysseus another ten . So , when Agamemnon , with a great following which included not ...
Odysseus was cunning enough — he alone321 with the excep . tion of Peleus ... And in fact the Trojan War was to last ten years and the wanderings of Odysseus another ten . So , when Agamemnon , with a great following which included not ...
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326 Odysseus had no choice , unless he wanted to drive the furrow through his own son . But he soon showed his hateful side to Palamedes . The latter was to be known to posterity not only as a great inventor , the originator of letters ...
326 Odysseus had no choice , unless he wanted to drive the furrow through his own son . But he soon showed his hateful side to Palamedes . The latter was to be known to posterity not only as a great inventor , the originator of letters ...
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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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