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Page 90
... wished to persuade the elder sons to murder the youngest , who was not her child . When these would not take her advice , she made her way by night into the bedroom of Laios where he was sleeping with Chrysippos , drew the lover's sword ...
... wished to persuade the elder sons to murder the youngest , who was not her child . When these would not take her advice , she made her way by night into the bedroom of Laios where he was sleeping with Chrysippos , drew the lover's sword ...
Page 104
... wished to bury him in Thebes , 571 but the Thebans would not allow it ; he was , as it were , marked out by his misfortune . So the burial took place in another district of Boiotia , called Keos . But mishaps befell that village and the ...
... wished to bury him in Thebes , 571 but the Thebans would not allow it ; he was , as it were , marked out by his misfortune . So the burial took place in another district of Boiotia , called Keos . But mishaps befell that village and the ...
Page 295
... wished to rule in some other city . But he wished to have both , or rather , to destroy his brother at all costs . Therefore he chose the treasures and went with them to Argos , where Adrastos , ' he who flees from nothing ' , was king ...
... wished to rule in some other city . But he wished to have both , or rather , to destroy his brother at all costs . Therefore he chose the treasures and went with them to Argos , where Adrastos , ' he who flees from nothing ' , was king ...
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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