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4 THE SERVANT OF WOMEN Not all tellers of the story believed that Herakles ' servitude to Queen Omphale of the golden sandals196 needed any particular explanation ; the Dakryl - nature of the servant of Hera was enough .
4 THE SERVANT OF WOMEN Not all tellers of the story believed that Herakles ' servitude to Queen Omphale of the golden sandals196 needed any particular explanation ; the Dakryl - nature of the servant of Hera was enough .
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With him the Kabeiroi , the male deities of the island , forsook Lemnos.736 The women ruled there alone , but they could get no more husbands . That was the first great evil in Lemnos , the massacre of the men and its consequences .
With him the Kabeiroi , the male deities of the island , forsook Lemnos.736 The women ruled there alone , but they could get no more husbands . That was the first great evil in Lemnos , the massacre of the men and its consequences .
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Never , theless he did not become the opponent or the victim of 1 Dionysos , but the opponent and victim of the Thracian women's wild excesses , the exaggerated outcome of their worship of the wine - god . Seven months long , it is said ...
Never , theless he did not become the opponent or the victim of 1 Dionysos , but the opponent and victim of the Thracian women's wild excesses , the exaggerated outcome of their worship of the wine - god . Seven months long , it is said ...
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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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