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The bones of Pelops were preserved in vineyards of the territory of the vanished city of Pisa , near the temple of Artemis Kordaka.312 At his ' make , shift ' tomb , however , close to the temple of Hera , a black ram was yearly ...
The bones of Pelops were preserved in vineyards of the territory of the vanished city of Pisa , near the temple of Artemis Kordaka.312 At his ' make , shift ' tomb , however , close to the temple of Hera , a black ram was yearly ...
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Aithra had dedicated the temple which arose there to ... Therefore the Troizenian virgins used to offer their girdles in that temple before their wedding . The story was told402 that Aithra on that occasion was deceived by Athene in a ...
Aithra had dedicated the temple which arose there to ... Therefore the Troizenian virgins used to offer their girdles in that temple before their wedding . The story was told402 that Aithra on that occasion was deceived by Athene in a ...
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A tale was told of an island of the Istros in the Ionian Sea , the extension of the Adriatic , which had a temple of Artemis.823 By this was meant probably that sanctuary of the goddess in Istria which Herakles allegedly reached ...
A tale was told of an island of the Istros in the Ionian Sea , the extension of the Adriatic , which had a temple of Artemis.823 By this was meant probably that sanctuary of the goddess in Istria which Herakles allegedly reached ...
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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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