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... narrators , who believed in oracles , got hold there of something which from the very beginning had formed the kernel of this tale of unintended and yet perpetrated patricide . Oidipus had no idea in any form of the story that his route ...
... narrators , who believed in oracles , got hold there of something which from the very beginning had formed the kernel of this tale of unintended and yet perpetrated patricide . Oidipus had no idea in any form of the story that his route ...
Page 152
... narrators say865 that Herakles did not inform the king that the task had been imposed upon him by Eurystheus , and bargained on his own behalf for a tenth of the cattle if he could succeed in clean- ing the byres . The witness to this ...
... narrators say865 that Herakles did not inform the king that the task had been imposed upon him by Eurystheus , and bargained on his own behalf for a tenth of the cattle if he could succeed in clean- ing the byres . The witness to this ...
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... narrators a wonderful vessel , out of which Pelops once leaped alive , and before him assuredly some divine child.860 When Jason and the Argonauts arrived in Iolkos , his father Aison was grown so old that he could not even take part in ...
... narrators a wonderful vessel , out of which Pelops once leaped alive , and before him assuredly some divine child.860 When Jason and the Argonauts arrived in Iolkos , his father Aison was grown so old that he could not even 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