The Gods of the GreeksReconstructs the mythological histories of the divinities and the origin and destiny of mankind from ancient writings and artifacts. |
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... first king was Kekrops , an earthborn , primordial being , half man and half serpent . In this form the name must be ... first horse to spring from the earth . Athene planted the olive , and for this Kekrops judged her the victor . It ...
... first king was Kekrops , an earthborn , primordial being , half man and half serpent . In this form the name must be ... first horse to spring from the earth . Athene planted the olive , and for this Kekrops judged her the victor . It ...
Page 209
... first male being , Primordial Man , sprang directly from Earth , who in this manner , too , was the common mother of gods and of mortals . Concerning the first peoples of the various countries - from whom the later inhabitants of these ...
... first male being , Primordial Man , sprang directly from Earth , who in this manner , too , was the common mother of gods and of mortals . Concerning the first peoples of the various countries - from whom the later inhabitants of these ...
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... First Man , 745 that he founded the first human community 746 and brought fire from Heaven.747 He needed fire for smithying and for making sacrifices . 748 The goddess to whom he sacrificed and offered his forged weapons was Hera . 749 ...
... First Man , 745 that he founded the first human community 746 and brought fire from Heaven.747 He needed fire for smithying and for making sacrifices . 748 The goddess to whom he sacrificed and offered his forged weapons was Hera . 749 ...
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THE BEGINNING OF THINGS | 15 |
THE MOIRAI HEKATE AND OTHER PRE OLYMPIAN | 31 |
THE GREAT GODDESS OF LOVE | 66 |
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According Adonis already amongst ancient Aphrodite Apollon appeared Ariadne Artemis Asia Minor beautiful begat birth Boeotia bore born brother called cave chariot child cows Cretan Crete Daktyloi dark daughter deities Delos Delphi Demeter Dionysos divine earth Erinyes Eros father female Gaia gave giant goddess gods golden Gorgons Greek Hades hand Harpies Heaven Hekate Helios Hephaistos Hera Herakles Hermes hero heroic saga Hesiod Hesperides Homer husband immortal island Kabeiroi King Korybantes Kouretes Kronos later Leto Maia maiden male mankind marriage means mentioned Moirai moon mortal mother Mount Muses mythology Nereids Nereus Night nymphs Okeanos Olympian Olympus original Orion Orpheus Ouranos Pallas Athene Persephone Phaethon phallic Phorkys Poseidon primordial Prometheus Rhea sacred Selene Semele serpent shape Sirens sister Skylla sons spring stories concerning surname tale Telchines tell Tethys Themis thou Titans told took Underworld vase vase-painting wife winged women word worshipped Zeus Zeus's