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... Thebes for a while . Here again there is a report 469 that Laios slew his father - in - law Menoikeus . It was Iokaste's destiny to become the source of royal power in Thebes . But Laios should not have begotten a son on her . Three ...
... Thebes for a while . Here again there is a report 469 that Laios slew his father - in - law Menoikeus . It was Iokaste's destiny to become the source of royal power in Thebes . But Laios should not have begotten a son on her . Three ...
Page 97
... Thebes after the murder of Laios , in the best - known form of the story , but speaks as if the Kad meians had never been plagued by the monster on the neigh bouring height of Phikion , the Phix , or , in the more intelligible form of ...
... Thebes after the murder of Laios , in the best - known form of the story , but speaks as if the Kad meians had never been plagued by the monster on the neigh bouring height of Phikion , the Phix , or , in the more intelligible form of ...
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... Thebes . But now Eriphyle too was to display her infernal nature , for which she was famous.24 Amphiaraos had not only refused to set out against Thebes , but , so late narrators tell us , 25 had hidden himself , and only his wife knew ...
... Thebes . But now Eriphyle too was to display her infernal nature , for which she was famous.24 Amphiaraos had not only refused to set out against Thebes , but , so late narrators tell us , 25 had hidden himself , and only his wife knew ...
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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