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Page 154
... horses of king Diomedes to Mycenae . This undertaking is now to open the second series of the Twelve Labours . The horses of Diomedes ate human flesh , and it was later alleged 874 that they were the same which had torn Glaukos , son of ...
... horses of king Diomedes to Mycenae . This undertaking is now to open the second series of the Twelve Labours . The horses of Diomedes ate human flesh , and it was later alleged 874 that they were the same which had torn Glaukos , son of ...
Page 155
... horses of death , was a son of Ares the war - god . He was lord of the Thracian tribe of the Bistones . Eurystheus sent Herakles to him to get his horses . The hero went his way through Thessaly and visited king Admetos at Pherai ; the ...
... horses of death , was a son of Ares the war - god . He was lord of the Thracian tribe of the Bistones . Eurystheus sent Herakles to him to get his horses . The hero went his way through Thessaly and visited king Admetos at Pherai ; the ...
Page 156
... horses fastened with iron chains to their bronze manger and fed them on the flesh of unfortunate strangers . 893 To tame them , Herakles threw their master himself to the steeds to devour and brought the beasts with him to Mycenae ...
... horses fastened with iron chains to their bronze manger and fed them on the flesh of unfortunate strangers . 893 To tame them , Herakles threw their master himself to the steeds to devour and brought the beasts with him to Mycenae ...
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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