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... seems to have been a similar figure to Sosipolis , the ' saviour of the city ' at Olympia.363 Sosipolis again was no hero , but a divine boy in the form of a serpent , who protected that country . Concerning the daughters of Kekrops we ...
... seems to have been a similar figure to Sosipolis , the ' saviour of the city ' at Olympia.363 Sosipolis again was no hero , but a divine boy in the form of a serpent , who protected that country . Concerning the daughters of Kekrops we ...
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... seems , between Hyria and Aulis - the two places which Homer names first 348_ opposite Euboia , in Boiotia , in a region where now there are no woods to be seen any more ; but it then had , besides the temple of the goddess , 349 a ...
... seems , between Hyria and Aulis - the two places which Homer names first 348_ opposite Euboia , in Boiotia , in a region where now there are no woods to be seen any more ; but it then had , besides the temple of the goddess , 349 a ...
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... seems to rest on very old legends . He was repre sented as not only a son of Herakles , but as that son whom his mother bore to resemble his father most closely.399 His name was Telephos , or more accurately - so it seems to have been ...
... seems to rest on very old legends . He was repre sented as not only a son of Herakles , but as that son whom his mother bore to resemble his father most closely.399 His name was Telephos , or more accurately - so it seems to have been ...
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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