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... sacrificed with her brother , possibly of her own free choice , since Phrixos offered himself of his free will ; or was it the case that neither had any suspicions when Athamas , intending to sacrifice them , sent for them ? They lived ...
... sacrificed with her brother , possibly of her own free choice , since Phrixos offered himself of his free will ; or was it the case that neither had any suspicions when Athamas , intending to sacrifice them , sent for them ? They lived ...
Page 303
... sacrifice , while the future ruler escaped death . The sacrifice took place before a statue of the goddess whom the Greeks called Artemis and who was accustomed to receive human sacrifices on the Black Sea . After the death of the hero ...
... sacrifice , while the future ruler escaped death . The sacrifice took place before a statue of the goddess whom the Greeks called Artemis and who was accustomed to receive human sacrifices on the Black Sea . After the death of the hero ...
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... sacrificed to calm the wrath of the offended goddess ; she was the only equivalent for the misconducted sacrifice . 363 But how would Klytaimnestra yield up her daughter to be a victim ? Odysseus is said to have thought of the lie : 364 ...
... sacrificed to calm the wrath of the offended goddess ; she was the only equivalent for the misconducted sacrifice . 363 But how would Klytaimnestra yield up her daughter to be a victim ? Odysseus is said to have thought of the lie : 364 ...
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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