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... oracle of Delphi warned him470 that Thebes could be saved only if he died without issue . Laios was incapable of ... oracle's advice , yet later exposed the child which he had begotten on Iokaste , 473 thus drawing down on himself the ...
... oracle of Delphi warned him470 that Thebes could be saved only if he died without issue . Laios was incapable of ... oracle's advice , yet later exposed the child which he had begotten on Iokaste , 473 thus drawing down on himself the ...
Page 92
... oracle and of Laios ' journey is told in another form also , in the words of Iokaste at the beginning of Euripides ' ' Phoenissae ' , with which he continued his ' Chrysippos ' . Laios had lived for many years with Iokaste in a ...
... oracle and of Laios ' journey is told in another form also , in the words of Iokaste at the beginning of Euripides ' ' Phoenissae ' , with which he continued his ' Chrysippos ' . Laios had lived for many years with Iokaste in a ...
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... oracle . The narrators , who believed in oracles , got hold there of something which from the very beginning had formed the kernel of this tale of unintended and yet perpetrated patricide . Oidipus had no idea in any form of the story ...
... oracle . The narrators , who believed in oracles , got hold there of something which from the very beginning had formed the kernel of this tale of unintended and yet perpetrated patricide . Oidipus had no idea in any form of the story ...
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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