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... Amphitryon , the earthly father of Herakles ; and Alkmene , mother of the son of Zeus , was also worshipped as a Boiotian heroine . The genealogists made them both descended from Perseus , since Herakles was otherwise known as a ...
... Amphitryon , the earthly father of Herakles ; and Alkmene , mother of the son of Zeus , was also worshipped as a Boiotian heroine . The genealogists made them both descended from Perseus , since Herakles was otherwise known as a ...
Page 129
... Amphitryon had ransomed and brought back . The details are not handed down , only that Amphitryon became furiously angry.712 .712 Or was it pure chance that he hurled his throwing stick at one of the cows ? The stick glanced off the ...
... Amphitryon had ransomed and brought back . The details are not handed down , only that Amphitryon became furiously angry.712 .712 Or was it pure chance that he hurled his throwing stick at one of the cows ? The stick glanced off the ...
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... Amphitryon must find a new fatherland for himself and for Alkmene . His uncle Sthenelos banished him from the realm713 after he had killed Elektryon , whether in anger or by pure mischance . So the young couple came to Thebes , where ...
... Amphitryon must find a new fatherland for himself and for Alkmene . His uncle Sthenelos banished him from the realm713 after he had killed Elektryon , whether in anger or by pure mischance . So the young couple came to Thebes , where ...
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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