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... Hermes in that shape in which the Athenians often repre sented him , in agreement with the sacred legend of the Samo thracian mysteries , namely as an ithyphallic herm.31 Why was this Hermes styled ' little Kadmos ' , if he was not ...
... Hermes in that shape in which the Athenians often repre sented him , in agreement with the sacred legend of the Samo thracian mysteries , namely as an ithyphallic herm.31 Why was this Hermes styled ' little Kadmos ' , if he was not ...
Page 49
... Hermes appeared to the hero , 161 or was it Athene who came first to his help ? In the pictures of ancient artists she stands by him in front of Hermes . But who could lend him the winged shoes , or at least one of them , as we read in ...
... Hermes appeared to the hero , 161 or was it Athene who came first to his help ? In the pictures of ancient artists she stands by him in front of Hermes . But who could lend him the winged shoes , or at least one of them , as we read in ...
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... Hermes Polygios , or more correctly Polygyios , ' of the many limbs ' , a sign that so mighty a staff was especially suitable to a Daktylic being such as Hermes was when he bore that epithet . Herakles set out against the lion and ...
... Hermes Polygios , or more correctly Polygyios , ' of the many limbs ' , a sign that so mighty a staff was especially suitable to a Daktylic being such as Hermes was when he bore that epithet . Herakles set out against the lion and ...
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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