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... serpent which Herakles had to overcome after the Nemean lion . The serpent , too , was said to have the serpent - goddess Echidna for her mother , 803 but she had no special name , and therefore it became usual that the word Hydra ...
... serpent which Herakles had to overcome after the Nemean lion . The serpent , too , was said to have the serpent - goddess Echidna for her mother , 803 but she had no special name , and therefore it became usual that the word Hydra ...
Page 144
... serpent - heads springing from a common , shapeless body , comes into the history of Herakles from a very old mythology . To the ancient picture - makers of Mesopo tamia who were the first to fix the type , its meaning was cer tainly ...
... serpent - heads springing from a common , shapeless body , comes into the history of Herakles from a very old mythology . To the ancient picture - makers of Mesopo tamia who were the first to fix the type , its meaning was cer tainly ...
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... serpent to sleep . The Attic master- painter Meidias , who introduced a whole company of heroes , like an Argonautic expedition , into the Garden of the Hesperides , makes the sorceress Medeia with her box of magic herbs take part in ...
... serpent to sleep . The Attic master- painter Meidias , who introduced a whole company of heroes , like an Argonautic expedition , into the Garden of the Hesperides , makes the sorceress Medeia with her box of magic herbs take part in ...
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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