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... wife of Athamas was an evil stepmother to Phrixos and Helle , the king's children by his former wife . This is not to be told at greater length , the more so as the picture of the brother and sister voyaging through the air on the back ...
... wife of Athamas was an evil stepmother to Phrixos and Helle , the king's children by his former wife . This is not to be told at greater length , the more so as the picture of the brother and sister voyaging through the air on the back ...
Page 96
... wife Epikaste . But he shuns the point of the story and alleges that after the murder Oidipus took refuge in the hills , as is usual to this day in Greece , and did not touch Epikaste . How , then , could she in the later course of the ...
... wife Epikaste . But he shuns the point of the story and alleges that after the murder Oidipus took refuge in the hills , as is usual to this day in Greece , and did not touch Epikaste . How , then , could she in the later course of the ...
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... wife , when she realised what the Centaur intended , broke out into long wails and called to her husband for help . 271 Now Herakles had to display his skill as an archer ; his arrow struck the violator from the other bank and saved his ...
... wife , when she realised what the Centaur intended , broke out into long wails and called to her husband for help . 271 Now Herakles had to display his skill as an archer ; his arrow struck the violator from the other bank and saved his ...
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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