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Agenor , who was made out to be his father , a great - grandson of Io and according to his name a ' leader of men ' , was sovran of Phoenicia.33 His sons were called Kadmos , Phoinix and Kilix , and his daughter , Europa .
Agenor , who was made out to be his father , a great - grandson of Io and according to his name a ' leader of men ' , was sovran of Phoenicia.33 His sons were called Kadmos , Phoinix and Kilix , and his daughter , Europa .
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whose father according to some was Kynortas , ' arouser of dogs ' , a brother of Hyakinthos.576 Tyndareos was a son of Oibalos and Gorgophone , or , by another tradition which knows nothing of all this genealogy , 577 of a fountain ...
whose father according to some was Kynortas , ' arouser of dogs ' , a brother of Hyakinthos.576 Tyndareos was a son of Oibalos and Gorgophone , or , by another tradition which knows nothing of all this genealogy , 577 of a fountain ...
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However many kings and peoples traced their origins to him , 317 and however many genealogists racked their brains over him and misled posterity , according to his nature Herakles was neither the founder of a dynasty nor the ancestral ...
However many kings and peoples traced their origins to him , 317 and however many genealogists racked their brains over him and misled posterity , according to his nature Herakles was neither the founder of a dynasty nor the ancestral ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Heroes of the Greeks Myth and man |
| Author | Karl Kerényi |
| Publisher | Thames and Hudson, 1959 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Jun 2009 |
| Length | 439 pages |
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