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treats them as a mythology connected with hero - cult leads us unforcedly and consistently to the origin of Greek Tragedy . Nothing concerned Dionysos so closely as the destiny of a hero who passed through suffering and death into cult ...
treats them as a mythology connected with hero - cult leads us unforcedly and consistently to the origin of Greek Tragedy . Nothing concerned Dionysos so closely as the destiny of a hero who passed through suffering and death into cult ...
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... like the Cretans Minos and Rhadamanthys , a son of Zeus and Europa.417 As Lykia was thus connected with Crete and as the person of Pelops , the hero of Olympia , connected Lydia with the Peloponnesos , so Bellerophontes connected ...
... like the Cretans Minos and Rhadamanthys , a son of Zeus and Europa.417 As Lykia was thus connected with Crete and as the person of Pelops , the hero of Olympia , connected Lydia with the Peloponnesos , so Bellerophontes connected ...
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The story of her first infidelity is connected with her golden headband . It is said that the hero Pteleon , founder of Ptelea , ' Elmsby ' , in Attica , seduced her with the gift of this headband . Kephalos caught her making love to ...
The story of her first infidelity is connected with her golden headband . It is said that the hero Pteleon , founder of Ptelea , ' Elmsby ' , in Attica , seduced her with the gift of this headband . Kephalos caught her making love to ...
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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