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PREFACE The BOOK WHICH I NOW OFFER TO THE PUBLIC is again full of
matter , even more so than was my Gods of the Greeks . It continues indeed the
narrative of that learned Greek islander of our times into whose mouth the story of
the ...
PREFACE The BOOK WHICH I NOW OFFER TO THE PUBLIC is again full of
matter , even more so than was my Gods of the Greeks . It continues indeed the
narrative of that learned Greek islander of our times into whose mouth the story of
the ...
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Either the poet excluded the god's mother as he did the god himself , or he shows
by his silence the validity of that story ... According to the holy legend of Thebes ,
she conceived and bore the god in her father's house as a mortal mother who ...
Either the poet excluded the god's mother as he did the god himself , or he shows
by his silence the validity of that story ... According to the holy legend of Thebes ,
she conceived and bore the god in her father's house as a mortal mother who ...
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The story of Aineias ' birth we know already from the tales of the gods . How the
birth of Achilles came about shall now be told . We know from the stories of the
gods102 that besides Tethys , Eurynome and Amphitrite , Thetis also was one of
...
The story of Aineias ' birth we know already from the tales of the gods . How the
birth of Achilles came about shall now be told . We know from the stories of the
gods102 that besides Tethys , Eurynome and Amphitrite , Thetis also was one of
...
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Contents
Kadmos and Harmonia | 25 |
The Theban Dioskuroi | 34 |
Pelops and Hippodameia | 62 |
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According Achilles Aeschylus already ancient Apollo appeared Argos Artemis Athene beast beautiful became become beginning belonged bore born bring brother brought called carried child connected cult daughter dead death Dionysos divine earth famous father fell followed gave gift goddess gods golden Greek hand happened head Hera Herakles Hermes hero horses human island Jason journey Kadmos killed king known Laios land later lived marriage means Messenia mother Mycenae narrators offering Oidipus Oinomaos once originally palace passed Pelops perhaps Perseus poet Poseidon possession present queen received remained Salmoneus sent shape shows sons stone story tale tell temple Theban Thebes Theseus told took tradition tragedy turned underworld vase painting wife wished 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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