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He holds two hunting - spears in his left hand , but makes no use of them ; he is hurling the stone with his right hand against the gigantic serpent . Stones will play a part in the continuation ...
He holds two hunting - spears in his left hand , but makes no use of them ; he is hurling the stone with his right hand against the gigantic serpent . Stones will play a part in the continuation ...
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He caught it by the horns , 490 held one horn in his right hand , grasped the nostrils of the snorting beast with his left , and so forced it to the ground . 491 It must needs follow him , 492 and the hero led the famous creature to ...
He caught it by the horns , 490 held one horn in his right hand , grasped the nostrils of the snorting beast with his left , and so forced it to the ground . 491 It must needs follow him , 492 and the hero led the famous creature to ...
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Tradition also has it775 that the goddess Athene forced back the ' dark blue rocks ' with her left hand while she pushed on the Argo with her right . However , when the Argonauts arrived at the little bay on that desolate island ...
Tradition also has it775 that the goddess Athene forced back the ' dark blue rocks ' with her left hand while she pushed on the Argo with her right . However , when the Argonauts arrived at the little bay on that desolate island ...
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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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