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... tradition , so brilliant in its realism . A concealment of tradition can arise even from an honestly meant scientific spirit , a justifiable desire to know , which does not recognise the bounds set to it by this very tradition . The ...
... tradition , so brilliant in its realism . A concealment of tradition can arise even from an honestly meant scientific spirit , a justifiable desire to know , which does not recognise the bounds set to it by this very tradition . The ...
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... tradition about the heroes , no such real family tradition , as that of the Icelandic sagas . We must collect fragments , and that always at second hand . It is true that it is often the hand of some great poet , above all of Homer . A ...
... tradition about the heroes , no such real family tradition , as that of the Icelandic sagas . We must collect fragments , and that always at second hand . It is true that it is often the hand of some great poet , above all of Homer . A ...
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... tradition has it756 that he pulled it out of the ground on Helikon , a wild olive , roots and all . Herdsmen often carried such club - like sticks as they moved around ; these served them as the simplest kind of weapons for hunting , no ...
... tradition has it756 that he pulled it out of the ground on Helikon , a wild olive , roots and all . Herdsmen often carried such club - like sticks as they moved around ; these served them as the simplest kind of weapons for hunting , no ...
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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