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... mother , seems to have wished to tell only of them . If he says nothing about Semele , it is an impressive silence , which admits of two opposed explanations . Either the poet excluded the god's mother as he did the god himself , or he ...
... mother , seems to have wished to tell only of them . If he says nothing about Semele , it is an impressive silence , which admits of two opposed explanations . Either the poet excluded the god's mother as he did the god himself , or he ...
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... mother with two sons , which appears in these stories as if it hovered over the coastal and island landscape of the Thracian Sea . On Samothrace the three had other names as well.37 The mother was called Elektra or Elektryone there ...
... mother with two sons , which appears in these stories as if it hovered over the coastal and island landscape of the Thracian Sea . On Samothrace the three had other names as well.37 The mother was called Elektra or Elektryone there ...
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... mother was said to be Theia , ' the divine ' , a daughter of Okeanos , 217 else where a Titaness , 218 and a name of the divine Great Mother . In Asia Minor the Kerkopes were settled in the neighbour hood of Ephesos ; 219 in mainland ...
... mother was said to be Theia , ' the divine ' , a daughter of Okeanos , 217 else where a Titaness , 218 and a name of the divine Great Mother . In Asia Minor the Kerkopes were settled in the neighbour hood of Ephesos ; 219 in mainland ...
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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