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Karl Kerényi. INTRODUCTION IF GREEK MYTHOLOGY were confined to the gods and at any rate to myths of the origin of the human race , the heroes would have to remain on the verge of it . But the gods demand the heroes , and these still ...
Karl Kerényi. INTRODUCTION IF GREEK MYTHOLOGY were confined to the gods and at any rate to myths of the origin of the human race , the heroes would have to remain on the verge of it . But the gods demand the heroes , and these still ...
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... god in her father's house as a mortal mother who died in giving birth , and thus in Kadmos ' palace the myth of gods passes into a hero - myth . There , in Dionysos , son of a mortal woman , the figure of the god man , uniting divinity ...
... god in her father's house as a mortal mother who died in giving birth , and thus in Kadmos ' palace the myth of gods passes into a hero - myth . There , in Dionysos , son of a mortal woman , the figure of the god man , uniting divinity ...
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... gods , that son would have become still mightier than his father , and instead of the wars at Thebes and Troy in which mankind weakened itself in and around Greece , the age of a new divine sovranty under a new king of the gods would ...
... gods , that son would have become still mightier than his father , and instead of the wars at Thebes and Troy in which mankind weakened itself in and around Greece , the age of a new divine sovranty under a new king of the gods would ...
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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