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... Hektor to avenge Patroklos , she gave him another prophecy , ' When Hektor falls , straightway your death is dight.'542 He replied , 543 " Then let me die straightway . ' Thus he took death upon himself . It meant nothing to him that he ...
... Hektor to avenge Patroklos , she gave him another prophecy , ' When Hektor falls , straightway your death is dight.'542 He replied , 543 " Then let me die straightway . ' Thus he took death upon himself . It meant nothing to him that he ...
Page 352
... Hektor's funeral with an army of Amazons.556 Achilles had granted Priam eleven days ' truce in which to bury his son.557 So this was the twelfth day , and the hero had scarcely recovered yet from his profound grief . Then the beautiful ...
... Hektor's funeral with an army of Amazons.556 Achilles had granted Priam eleven days ' truce in which to bury his son.557 So this was the twelfth day , and the hero had scarcely recovered yet from his profound grief . Then the beautiful ...
Page 359
... Hektor , whom Hektor himself had named Skamandrios , as if the child were a gift of the river - god Skamandros , but the Trojans called Astyanax , ' lord of the city ' , since his father guarded their city . 659 Pyrrhos tore the child ...
... Hektor , whom Hektor himself had named Skamandrios , as if the child were a gift of the river - god Skamandros , but the Trojans called Astyanax , ' lord of the city ' , since his father guarded their city . 659 Pyrrhos tore the child ...
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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