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The king is said to have inquired thereupon of the Delphic oracle and got the answer that the olive signified the goddess Athene , the water the god Poseidon , and the citizens were to decide after which the city was to be named .
The king is said to have inquired thereupon of the Delphic oracle and got the answer that the olive signified the goddess Athene , the water the god Poseidon , and the citizens were to decide after which the city was to be named .
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Athene Polias , was to contain both signs of divine power , the olive and the salt spring . But in those primaeval times Kekrops , king of the country ( according to this version he was the only being on earth ) had to judge which had ...
Athene Polias , was to contain both signs of divine power , the olive and the salt spring . But in those primaeval times Kekrops , king of the country ( according to this version he was the only being on earth ) had to judge which had ...
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Earlier it had been called Sphairia , ' ball - shaped ' , but later , after the sacred marriage of Aithra , Hiera , ' the holy ' ; for sacred this islet was from then on to Athene . Aithra had dedicated the temple which arose there ...
Earlier it had been called Sphairia , ' ball - shaped ' , but later , after the sacred marriage of Aithra , Hiera , ' the holy ' ; for sacred this islet was from then on to Athene . Aithra had dedicated the temple which arose there ...
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According Achilles Aeschylus already ancient Apollo appeared Argonauts Argos arrived Artemis Athene beast beautiful became belonged bore born bring brother brought called carried child connected daughter dead death Dionysos divine earth famous father fell followed gave goddess gods golden Greek hand happened head Helen Hera Herakles hero honour human island Jason journey Kadmos killed king known land later lived marriage means Messenia mother Mycenae narrators night Odysseus offering Oidipus Oinomaos once originally passed Pelops perhaps Perseus poet Poseidon possession present queen received remained river Salmoneus sent showed sons story tale temple Theban Thebes Theseus told took tradition Troy turned underworld vase wife wished women young Zeus
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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