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... received him.459 Here Phytalos , ' the planter ' , had once shown hospitality to the goddess Demeter and received as her gift the first fig tree . 460 His descendants , the Phytalidai , caused Theseus to pass through a ceremony of ...
... received him.459 Here Phytalos , ' the planter ' , had once shown hospitality to the goddess Demeter and received as her gift the first fig tree . 460 His descendants , the Phytalidai , caused Theseus to pass through a ceremony of ...
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... receiving his younger brother . With gentle hands he accompanied the young man into the palace in the depths of the sea . The king of the sea received him on his couch , the queen on her throne , and there514 he was awe struck ; for a ...
... receiving his younger brother . With gentle hands he accompanied the young man into the palace in the depths of the sea . The king of the sea received him on his couch , the queen on her throne , and there514 he was awe struck ; for a ...
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... received initiation.752 This too was to sanctify the voyage . An older account of how the Argonauts sailed through the Hellespont and met an adventure at the Bear's Fountain , Artakia , perhaps at the very place where Odysseus and his ...
... received initiation.752 This too was to sanctify the voyage . An older account of how the Argonauts sailed through the Hellespont and met an adventure at the Bear's Fountain , Artakia , perhaps at the very place where Odysseus and his ...
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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