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... child born to him ; therefore he inquired of the oracle of Delphi how he might have a son . The god replied that he should never have a son , but that his daughter would , and that his daughter's son would be his bane . Returning from ...
... child born to him ; therefore he inquired of the oracle of Delphi how he might have a son . The god replied that he should never have a son , but that his daughter would , and that his daughter's son would be his bane . Returning from ...
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... child against the will of heaven ; For if a son be thine , that son shall slay thee , And all thine house shall tread the road of blood.'479 Laios should have been content with this and given up all thoughts of offspring , but being ...
... child against the will of heaven ; For if a son be thine , that son shall slay thee , And all thine house shall tread the road of blood.'479 Laios should have been content with this and given up all thoughts of offspring , but being ...
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... child was a sacred story , because it was connected with a temple . But it was none the less a gloomy one ; it resembled the story of the violation of Pelopia by her own father . It can hardly have happened at the full moon in a night ...
... child was a sacred story , because it was connected with a temple . But it was none the less a gloomy one ; it resembled the story of the violation of Pelopia by her own father . It can hardly have happened at the full moon in a night ...
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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