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... poets . His myth , which originally included the destiny of all living things , plants , beasts and men , took on ... poetry especially reckoned them up and glorified them one after another ; ' or like her who ... ' thus the praise of ...
... poets . His myth , which originally included the destiny of all living things , plants , beasts and men , took on ... poetry especially reckoned them up and glorified them one after another ; ' or like her who ... ' thus the praise of ...
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... poets played with the resemblance in sound of his name and that of their heaviest weight of gold , the talent ... poets did not wish to believe it nor like to tell of it , 235 at least , not the Greek poets . Later Romans found it to ...
... poets played with the resemblance in sound of his name and that of their heaviest weight of gold , the talent ... poets did not wish to believe it nor like to tell of it , 235 at least , not the Greek poets . Later Romans found it to ...
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... poets sometimes called it a golden goblet ) , travelled in it over Okeanos in the night and emerged from it rejuvenated in the morning.859 We know the story of how Helios let Herakles have the use of his cauldron for the journey to ...
... poets sometimes called it a golden goblet ) , travelled in it over Okeanos in the night and emerged from it rejuvenated in the morning.859 We know the story of how Helios let Herakles have the use of his cauldron for the journey to ...
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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