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The king was angry , but did not dare to kill his guest himself ; he sent him to Lykia , to his father - in - law , who according to the tragedians was called lobates , but according to other and probably the earlier narrators was that ...
The king was angry , but did not dare to kill his guest himself ; he sent him to Lykia , to his father - in - law , who according to the tragedians was called lobates , but according to other and probably the earlier narrators was that ...
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... and thus was responsible for the infertility of the fields ; and , still accord , ing to this version , she bribed the messengers who were sent to Delphi to say that the oracle commanded Nephele's children to be sacrificed .
... and thus was responsible for the infertility of the fields ; and , still accord , ing to this version , she bribed the messengers who were sent to Delphi to say that the oracle commanded Nephele's children to be sacrificed .
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917 But the beast was so handsome that Minos sacrificed another bull instead and sent this one to his herds of cows . Up to this point the tale is identical with the history of Pasiphae , as brought on the stage by Euripides in his ...
917 But the beast was so handsome that Minos sacrificed another bull instead and sent this one to his herds of cows . Up to this point the tale is identical with the history of Pasiphae , as brought on the stage by Euripides in his ...
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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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