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Then Pelops had mercy on Laios ' love for Chrysippos ; only Hippodameia 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 ...
Then Pelops had mercy on Laios ' love for Chrysippos ; only Hippodameia 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 ...
Page 104
His kin , so the story went , 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 .
His kin , so the story went , 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 .
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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 Aees from nothing ' , was king . Let us now say a few words as to ...
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 Aees from nothing ' , was king . Let us now say a few words as to ...
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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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