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A re - telling of purely heroic poetry , which could communicate the content of
both the poems connected with the name of Homer , the ' Iliad ' and the ' Odyssey
' , to men of today , seems to me possible , indeed necessary , but not in this book
.
A re - telling of purely heroic poetry , which could communicate the content of
both the poems connected with the name of Homer , the ' Iliad ' and the ' Odyssey
' , to men of today , seems to me possible , indeed necessary , but not in this book
.
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... and lastly also of his wife Sterope , whose name signifies ' lightning ' , we have
now to tell of Salmoneus , the founder of the city of Salmona on the banks of the
river Alpheios , near Pisa , who wanted to handle thunder in a sinful manner .
... and lastly also of his wife Sterope , whose name signifies ' lightning ' , we have
now to tell of Salmoneus , the founder of the city of Salmona on the banks of the
river Alpheios , near Pisa , who wanted to handle thunder in a sinful manner .
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He descended from Sisyphos , son of Aiolos , grandfather of Bellerophontes ,
whose grandson he himself was . So it is fitting to begin our story with Sisyphos ,
who will then quickly lead us ( for there is nothing much to tell of the elder
Glaukos ...
He descended from Sisyphos , son of Aiolos , grandfather of Bellerophontes ,
whose grandson he himself was . So it is fitting to begin our story with Sisyphos ,
who will then quickly lead us ( for there is nothing much to tell of the elder
Glaukos ...
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Contents
Kadmos and Harmonia | 25 |
The Theban Dioskuroi | 34 |
Pelops and Hippodameia | 62 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Heroes of the Greeks Myth and man |
| Author | Karl Kerényi |
| Publisher | Thames and Hudson, 1959 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Jun 2009 |
| Length | 439 pages |
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