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Perseus was thus again confronted with an enemy whose appearance , as described in the tales of the Argonauts , resembled the Graiai . Here the Gorgon's head helped him ; the hero drew it from the 188 and Phineus and his men were turned ...
Perseus was thus again confronted with an enemy whose appearance , as described in the tales of the Argonauts , resembled the Graiai . Here the Gorgon's head helped him ; the hero drew it from the 188 and Phineus and his men were turned ...
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In the night on Dia , so ran one form of the story of the ascension of Ariadne , 543 Dionysos appeared and took the beautiful bride from the hero . On a Tarentine vase painting we see Theseus , sword in hand as if to defend himself ...
In the night on Dia , so ran one form of the story of the ascension of Ariadne , 543 Dionysos appeared and took the beautiful bride from the hero . On a Tarentine vase painting we see Theseus , sword in hand as if to defend himself ...
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In his hands , Medeia , wronged in her love and in her dignity as queen and wife , Medeia the representative of Hera the goddess , appeared on the stage as a mortal woman , 885 bearer of the common lot of womankind , 886 and of the ...
In his hands , Medeia , wronged in her love and in her dignity as queen and wife , Medeia the representative of Hera the goddess , appeared on the stage as a mortal woman , 885 bearer of the common lot of womankind , 886 and of the ...
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According Achilles Aeschylus already ancient Apollo appeared Argonauts Argos arrived Artemis Athene beast beautiful became belonged bore born bring brother brought called carried child connected daughter dead death Dionysos divine earth famous father fell followed gave goddess gods golden Greek hand happened head Helen Hera Herakles hero honour human island Jason journey Kadmos killed king known land later lived marriage means Messenia mother Mycenae narrators night Odysseus offering Oidipus Oinomaos once originally passed Pelops perhaps Perseus poet Poseidon possession present queen received remained river Salmoneus sent showed sons story tale temple Theban Thebes Theseus told took tradition Troy turned underworld vase wife wished women young Zeus
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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