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It is important to remember that they stood alone on the vases , and related the myth in a medium other than language and ... and especially to the following three works of classification : Sir John Beazley's Attic Black - Figure Vase ...
It is important to remember that they stood alone on the vases , and related the myth in a medium other than language and ... and especially to the following three works of classification : Sir John Beazley's Attic Black - Figure Vase ...
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forced his way to the Hesperides , attacked the guardian serpent and finally killed it.72 On vase - paintings we see him also peacefully in the Hesperides ' company ; according to this version , he accomplished his task with the ...
forced his way to the Hesperides , attacked the guardian serpent and finally killed it.72 On vase - paintings we see him also peacefully in the Hesperides ' company ; according to this version , he accomplished his task with the ...
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Details of the contest in archery at Oichalia are told us only by vase painters , and even they are not sufficiently in accord . Once we see four arrows already sticking in the target , but Herakles , who in all accounts won the match ...
Details of the contest in archery at Oichalia are told us only by vase painters , and even they are not sufficiently in accord . Once we see four arrows already sticking in the target , but Herakles , who in all accounts won the match ...
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According Achilles Aeschylus already ancient Apollo appeared Argonauts Argos arrived Artemis Athene beast beautiful became belonged bore born bring brother brought called carried child connected daughter dead death Dionysos divine earth famous father fell followed gave goddess gods golden Greek hand happened head Helen Hera Herakles hero honour human island Jason journey Kadmos killed king known land later lived marriage means Messenia mother Mycenae narrators night Odysseus offering Oidipus Oinomaos once originally passed Pelops perhaps Perseus poet Poseidon possession present queen received remained river Salmoneus sent showed sons story tale temple Theban Thebes Theseus told took tradition Troy turned underworld vase wife wished women young Zeus
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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