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... shows at his feet . Tall trees let their fruit hang down over his head , but if the ancient tries to grasp it in his hand , a gust of wind tosses it up to the clouds . The painter Polygnotos added the threatening rock.272 The picture of ...
... shows at his feet . Tall trees let their fruit hang down over his head , but if the ancient tries to grasp it in his hand , a gust of wind tosses it up to the clouds . The painter Polygnotos added the threatening rock.272 The picture of ...
Page 161
... shows the monster , a gigantic fish with open jaws , which the hero enters , his curved sword in his right hand , to cut out the gigantic tongue . Hesione looks on in all her grand attire . It was also stated that Herakles leaped into ...
... shows the monster , a gigantic fish with open jaws , which the hero enters , his curved sword in his right hand , to cut out the gigantic tongue . Hesione looks on in all her grand attire . It was also stated that Herakles leaped into ...
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... show of agreeing , but asked just one favour of Atlas , that the Titan should take the sky on his shoulders again ... shows him with the cushion on his neck . There , Pallas Athene is helping the hero , and Atlas , calm and wise , is ...
... show of agreeing , but asked just one favour of Atlas , that the Titan should take the sky on his shoulders again ... shows him with the cushion on his neck . There , Pallas Athene is helping the hero , and Atlas , calm and wise , is ...
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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