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... carried on her departure , and flung himself down from the rock . Thus Theseus became king of Athens , and ever after that sea over which the figure of Ariadne , goddess and heroine , broods has been called the Aegean . If the stories ...
... carried on her departure , and flung himself down from the rock . Thus Theseus became king of Athens , and ever after that sea over which the figure of Ariadne , goddess and heroine , broods has been called the Aegean . If the stories ...
Page 241
... 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 from the Orient to Greece . But the Athenians ...
... 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 from the Orient to Greece . But the Athenians ...
Page 333
... carried off Iphigencia through the air to the Tauric Peninsula -we call it the Crimea now - to serve her as priestess among the barbarians . Human beings were sacrificed to her there , namely such Greeks as were cast ashore . These the ...
... carried off Iphigencia through the air to the Tauric Peninsula -we call it the Crimea now - to serve her as priestess among the barbarians . Human beings were sacrificed to her there , namely such Greeks as were cast ashore . These the ...
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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