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Thus we are informed that Pelops promised Myrtilos , who was in love with Hippodameia , the bridal night in return for his help , 292 while others put that promise into the mouth of the bride herself , 293 for Hippodemeia at once fell ...
Thus we are informed that Pelops promised Myrtilos , who was in love with Hippodameia , the bridal night in return for his help , 292 while others put that promise into the mouth of the bride herself , 293 for Hippodemeia at once fell ...
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The horses of Ares might perhaps have caught even those which Pelops had got from Poseidon , for the pursuit went right across the whole country , but Myrtilos ' ruse had decided the victory in advance . He had not put the linch - pins ...
The horses of Ares might perhaps have caught even those which Pelops had got from Poseidon , for the pursuit went right across the whole country , but Myrtilos ' ruse had decided the victory in advance . He had not put the linch - pins ...
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Pelops , then , the story goes on , got back his son by force of arms . A vase - painter shows us the scene of the kidnapping ; Chrysippos stretches out his arms to his father from Laios ' four - horse chariot .
Pelops , then , the story goes on , got back his son by force of arms . A vase - painter shows us the scene of the kidnapping ; Chrysippos stretches out his arms to his father from Laios ' four - horse chariot .
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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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