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His purely human characterisation is fully possible , but there falls a glory upon him , which from the point of view of the history of religions , for which the divine is the datum serving as its starting point , we may term the glory ...
His purely human characterisation is fully possible , but there falls a glory upon him , which from the point of view of the history of religions , for which the divine is the datum serving as its starting point , we may term the glory ...
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... wrestling from Autolykos , and so on , as if Herakles had been no more than a prince , of divine origin indeed but not a divine being , not one who resembled other heroes only in appearance , since they were never exalted to Olympos ...
... wrestling from Autolykos , and so on , as if Herakles had been no more than a prince , of divine origin indeed but not a divine being , not one who resembled other heroes only in appearance , since they were never exalted to Olympos ...
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But when Taygete had later on enjoyed the attentions of Zeus , by way of atonement she dedicated the hind into which she was to have been turned to Artemis Orthosia.826 It is not easy o differentiate between the divine beast , the ...
But when Taygete had later on enjoyed the attentions of Zeus , by way of atonement she dedicated the hind into which she was to have been turned to Artemis Orthosia.826 It is not easy o differentiate between the divine beast , 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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