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... similar graves was discovered and excavated outside the walls of the fortress , and grave - stelae were found which bore carvings , scenes of hunting and fighting with powerful beasts , yet not a single inscription , the silence of the ...
... similar graves was discovered and excavated outside the walls of the fortress , and grave - stelae were found which bore carvings , scenes of hunting and fighting with powerful beasts , yet not a single inscription , the silence of the ...
Page 235
... connected with Helen , and not famous as her abductors ; as if they had not had to get her from Sparta to Aphidna , but the island of Helene which lies before Cape Sunion on its east ward side had got its name from a less - known story ...
... connected with Helen , and not famous as her abductors ; as if they had not had to get her from Sparta to Aphidna , but the island of Helene which lies before Cape Sunion on its east ward side had got its name from a less - known story ...
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... connected with a temple . But it was none the less a gloomy one ; it resembled the story of the violation of Pelopia by her own father . It can hardly have happened at the full moon in a night when the nuptials were celebrated and ...
... connected with a temple . But it was none the less a gloomy one ; it resembled the story of the violation of Pelopia by her own father . It can hardly have happened at the full moon in a night when the nuptials were celebrated and ...
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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