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... already had their part . The excavation of Nestor's palace at Pylos furnished , in my opinion , the proof that a very human epic poetry , very attached to material things , came before Homer and extended across the confused times at the ...
... already had their part . The excavation of Nestor's palace at Pylos furnished , in my opinion , the proof that a very human epic poetry , very attached to material things , came before Homer and extended across the confused times at the ...
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... already united to his daughter as her husband , he killed her suitors . His weapons and his horses he had got from ... already murdered many suitors . He cut their heads off and put them up over his palace ; the number of the slain ...
... already united to his daughter as her husband , he killed her suitors . His weapons and his horses he had got from ... already murdered many suitors . He cut their heads off and put them up over his palace ; the number of the slain ...
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... already been at Pylos among the dead ' , where he had aimed his arrows at gods . He must draw his bow against gods if he would force a passage whose existence his inscription denied , there or here . The story goes on as if it ...
... already been at Pylos among the dead ' , where he had aimed his arrows at gods . He must draw his bow against gods if he would force a passage whose existence his inscription denied , there or here . The story goes on as if it ...
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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