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There is nothing more to be said of this enemy except that he must have been there from the beginning and have had that name , if Bellerophon got his universally famous appellation from his victory over him , as Hermes his surname Argei ...
There is nothing more to be said of this enemy except that he must have been there from the beginning and have had that name , if Bellerophon got his universally famous appellation from his victory over him , as Hermes his surname Argei ...
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We all know the famous tale582 of how Leda conceived the Tindarids in Lakonia ; Zeus loved her in the shape of a swan under the height of Taygetos , over which those great white birds Aew . In the Messenian Gulf , opposite the Lakonian ...
We all know the famous tale582 of how Leda conceived the Tindarids in Lakonia ; Zeus loved her in the shape of a swan under the height of Taygetos , over which those great white birds Aew . In the Messenian Gulf , opposite the Lakonian ...
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This achievement was accredited to Kekrops , 336 and it was also said that he named the Athenian citadel , the Akropolis that became so famous , after himself.337 It is nowhere said , however , that he personally built it ; rather is it ...
This achievement was accredited to Kekrops , 336 and it was also said that he named the Athenian citadel , the Akropolis that became so famous , after himself.337 It is nowhere said , however , that he personally built it ; rather is it ...
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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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