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Aigeus from the Akropolis saw the black sails which the ship had carried on her departure , and Aung himself down from the rock . Thus Theseus became king of Athens , and ever after that sea over which the figure of Ariadne ...
Aigeus from the Akropolis saw the black sails which the ship had carried on her departure , and Aung himself down from the rock . Thus Theseus became king of Athens , and ever after that sea over which the figure of Ariadne ...
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Indeed , she appears to us as an Asian Helen , carried off from east to west and then fought over on Greek soil , as the daughter of Leda was on eastern , at Troy . The tale of the Danaids was one of the arrival of Amazonian maidens ...
Indeed , she appears to us as an Asian Helen , carried off from east to west and then fought over on Greek soil , as the daughter of Leda was on eastern , at Troy . The tale of the Danaids was one of the arrival of Amazonian maidens ...
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Hades carried off Persephone . ... 367 But Iphigeneia was not dragged by her fair hair to the sacrifice 368 A wall painting at Pompeii shows us Odysseus and Diomedes lifting her up in their arms369 and carrying her to the altar .
Hades carried off Persephone . ... 367 But Iphigeneia was not dragged by her fair hair to the sacrifice 368 A wall painting at Pompeii shows us Odysseus and Diomedes lifting her up in their arms369 and carrying her to the altar .
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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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