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... Adrastos , son of Talaos . Before Polyneikes came to Argos , Adrastos received a strange oracle ; he was to marry his daughters to a lion and a boar . In the same night as Polyneikes , another banished man arrived in Argos , Tydeus , a ...
... Adrastos , son of Talaos . Before Polyneikes came to Argos , Adrastos received a strange oracle ; he was to marry his daughters to a lion and a boar . In the same night as Polyneikes , another banished man arrived in Argos , Tydeus , a ...
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... Adrastos was preparing against Thebes . He advised against it , 23 for although a great warrior , he also had that trait of beings con nected with the underworld ( perhaps this was why he was called ' the twice Ares - like ' ) , that he ...
... Adrastos was preparing against Thebes . He advised against it , 23 for although a great warrior , he also had that trait of beings con nected with the underworld ( perhaps this was why he was called ' the twice Ares - like ' ) , that he ...
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... Adrastos ' son - in - law . He was of a character not much gentler than his father's , more like a second Ares , associated with Athene . Under the walls of Troy he was to be the mightiest warrior next to Achilles and to show himself ...
... Adrastos ' son - in - law . He was of a character not much gentler than his father's , more like a second Ares , associated with Athene . Under the walls of Troy he was to be the mightiest warrior next to Achilles and to show himself ...
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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 bore brother brought bull called Centaur chariot child cult daughter dead death Deianeira 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