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Page 95
... tale , whether we begin from Laios or Oidipus , brings us to a narrow cross - road , wherever it may have lain , between Thebes and Delphi , in Phokis , or to the south of Thebes , between Kithairon and Potniai . There the father and ...
... tale , whether we begin from Laios or Oidipus , brings us to a narrow cross - road , wherever it may have lain , between Thebes and Delphi , in Phokis , or to the south of Thebes , between Kithairon and Potniai . There the father and ...
Page 167
... tale have transformed Osiris , god of the dead , into the tyrant Busiris . This king was in the habit of sacrificing strangers to Zeus , 2 and devoured human flesh himself.3 To make the tale more plausible , it was alleged that Egypt ...
... tale have transformed Osiris , god of the dead , into the tyrant Busiris . This king was in the habit of sacrificing strangers to Zeus , 2 and devoured human flesh himself.3 To make the tale more plausible , it was alleged that Egypt ...
Page 337
... tale went that the Greek fleet which assembled at Aulis put to sea as early as the second year after the abduction of Helen , 397 but that by mistake it landed , not in Phrygia , Priam's kingdom , but somewhat further south , in the ...
... tale went that the Greek fleet which assembled at Aulis put to sea as early as the second year after the abduction of Helen , 397 but that by mistake it landed , not in Phrygia , Priam's kingdom , but somewhat further south , in the ...
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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