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forced his way to the Hesperides, attacked the guardian serpent and finally killed
it.72 On vase/paintings we see him also peacefully in the Hesperides' company;
according to this version, he accomplished his task with the agreement and help
...
forced his way to the Hesperides, attacked the guardian serpent and finally killed
it.72 On vase/paintings we see him also peacefully in the Hesperides' company;
according to this version, he accomplished his task with the agreement and help
...
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He was the herald of the Pallantidai at Gargettos; these the hero killed, and the
rest scattered. Ever since there was enmity between the in/ habitants of Pallene
and those of Agnus (all these are names of villages in Attica, whose locality is ...
He was the herald of the Pallantidai at Gargettos; these the hero killed, and the
rest scattered. Ever since there was enmity between the in/ habitants of Pallene
and those of Agnus (all these are names of villages in Attica, whose locality is ...
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... the piety of Aiakos was famous.113 He is said to have freed all Greece from the
unfruitfulness under which it suffered on account of Pelops, who, making
hypocritical pretence of friendship, had killed king Stymphalos and scattered his
limbs ...
... the piety of Aiakos was famous.113 He is said to have freed all Greece from the
unfruitfulness under which it suffered on account of Pelops, who, making
hypocritical pretence of friendship, had killed king Stymphalos and scattered his
limbs ...
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Contents
Kadmos and Harmonia | 25 |
The Theban Dioskuroi | 34 |
Pelops and Hippodameia | 62 |
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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 Attica beast Bellerophontes belonged bore brother brought bull called Centaur chariot child cult daughter dead death Deianeira Delphi Dionysos Dioskuroi divine Elektryon Eumolpos Euripides Eurystheus Eurytos 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 temple Theban Thebes Theseus Thetis Thracian Thyestes Tiryns told took tragedy Trojan Troy underworld vase/painting shows wife 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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