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... queen Merope . He secretly ordered her to send no more sacrifices down to the king and queen of the realm of the dead . These then were surprised in the underworld when for a long while they got no more libations from above . It seems ...
... queen Merope . He secretly ordered her to send no more sacrifices down to the king and queen of the realm of the dead . These then were surprised in the underworld when for a long while they got no more libations from above . It seems ...
Page 159
... queen's lover . He arose from the waves , says the tale , and Minos had previously promised to sacrifice to Poseidon that which should come out of the sea . 917 But the beast was so handsome that Minos sacrificed another bull instead ...
... queen's lover . He arose from the waves , says the tale , and Minos had previously promised to sacrifice to Poseidon that which should come out of the sea . 917 But the beast was so handsome that Minos sacrificed another bull instead ...
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... Queen of the underworld . How the original story continued we are informed by a vase - painter . Herakles lifted a stone against the enthroned pair ; Hades leapt up and ran away in one direction , his hound in another , but Persephone ...
... Queen of the underworld . How the original story continued we are informed by a vase - painter . Herakles lifted a stone against the enthroned pair ; Hades leapt up and ran away in one direction , his hound in another , but Persephone ...
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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