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So shall thy name be known of men to come , Thy consort be a goddess , blessed Kadmos . ' It is not to be alleged of this oracle that it is very old , but still the verses were composed assuredly on the basis of an ancient tale .
So shall thy name be known of men to come , Thy consort be a goddess , blessed Kadmos . ' It is not to be alleged of this oracle that it is very old , but still the verses were composed assuredly on the basis of an ancient tale .
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This was known as Epaulia , 143 because in very early days the bride and bridegroom probably had slept together for the first time in an aulion , a hut in the fields . It seems that the ancient vase painter Klitias meant to show Thetis ...
This was known as Epaulia , 143 because in very early days the bride and bridegroom probably had slept together for the first time in an aulion , a hut in the fields . It seems that the ancient vase painter Klitias meant to show Thetis ...
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The latter was to be known to posterity not only as a great inventor , the originator of letters , 327 numbered dice and counting , 328 but also as the first man to be unjustly condemned . The Greeks stoned him under the walls of Troy ...
The latter was to be known to posterity not only as a great inventor , the originator of letters , 327 numbered dice and counting , 328 but also as the first man to be unjustly condemned . The Greeks stoned him under the walls of Troy ...
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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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