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... Artemis seem to have been worshipped there earlier than amongst us . The account of Leto's parturition , as told in Greece , contains another story that specially concerns Delos : a story that I shall now relate . 2 LETO AND ASTERIA In ...
... Artemis seem to have been worshipped there earlier than amongst us . The account of Leto's parturition , as told in Greece , contains another story that specially concerns Delos : a story that I shall now relate . 2 LETO AND ASTERIA In ...
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... Artemis , similarly , was not always the Huntress , sending her gently slaying arrows upon mortal women and wild beasts . She was worshipped also under surnames that reveal the pleasure she took in the dancing of strange dancers both ...
... Artemis , similarly , was not always the Huntress , sending her gently slaying arrows upon mortal women and wild beasts . She was worshipped also under surnames that reveal the pleasure she took in the dancing of strange dancers both ...
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... Artemis slew him with her arrows on the island of Ortygia . This island was the spot at which the sun rose : it was the birthplace of Apollon , the island also called Delos . Here Orion had challenged Artemis to a discus - throwing con ...
... Artemis slew him with her arrows on the island of Ortygia . This island was the spot at which the sun rose : it was the birthplace of Apollon , the island also called Delos . Here Orion had challenged Artemis to a discus - throwing con ...
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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