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... Phrixos and Helle , the king's children by his former wife . This is not to be told at greater length , the more so as the picture of the brother and sister voyaging through the air on the back of the ram , whereby one saved his life ...
... Phrixos and Helle , the king's children by his former wife . This is not to be told at greater length , the more so as the picture of the brother and sister voyaging through the air on the back of the ram , whereby one saved his life ...
Page 86
... Phrixos'.435 Probably the original story went on to say that young Phrixos offered himself as a victim to drive away drought from the land.436 In the town of Halos it was long the custom to sacrifice the eldest son of the family of ...
... Phrixos'.435 Probably the original story went on to say that young Phrixos offered himself as a victim to drive away drought from the land.436 In the town of Halos it was long the custom to sacrifice the eldest son of the family of ...
Page 87
... Phrixos reached Kolchis , the land of Aietes , son of Helios , who received him hospitably and gave him his daughter Chalkiope , ' bronze - face ' , to wife . But the ram was intended from the beginning to be sacrificed ; Phrixos ...
... Phrixos reached Kolchis , the land of Aietes , son of Helios , who received him hospitably and gave him his daughter Chalkiope , ' bronze - face ' , to wife . But the ram was intended from the beginning to be sacrificed ; Phrixos ...
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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