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... become tales of warlike men , to whom the epithet of ' hero ' applies only in that sense , divorced from cult , in which Homer uses it , approximately ' noble gentleman ' , and thus mythology , even the mythology of heroes , finds its ...
... become tales of warlike men , to whom the epithet of ' hero ' applies only in that sense , divorced from cult , in which Homer uses it , approximately ' noble gentleman ' , and thus mythology , even the mythology of heroes , finds its ...
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... become blind in his youth , as the hero who had taken his mother to wife was to become in the prime of life . It was told of him too531 that he was the descendant of one of the Spartoi , Udaios , the ' man of the ground ' . His mother ...
... become blind in his youth , as the hero who had taken his mother to wife was to become in the prime of life . It was told of him too531 that he was the descendant of one of the Spartoi , Udaios , the ' man of the ground ' . His mother ...
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... become a man of noble spirit ' ; Lachesis , the second , sang of the hero he was to become ; Atropos , the third , gazed into the fire on the hearth , in which a log was burning , and sang : ' He shall live as long as the brand is not ...
... become a man of noble spirit ' ; Lachesis , the second , sang of the hero he was to become ; Atropos , the third , gazed into the fire on the hearth , in which a log was burning , and sang : ' He shall live as long as the brand is not ...
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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