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... Iapetos . This line is closely connected with the human race . Mankind , considered as a great family , is the counterpart of the race of gods — that is to say , the family of the Olympian gods — and had as much a place in our mythology ...
... Iapetos . This line is closely connected with the human race . Mankind , considered as a great family , is the counterpart of the race of gods — that is to say , the family of the Olympian gods — and had as much a place in our mythology ...
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... Iapetos as consisting entirely of punished evildoers . The story of the Titans , those enemies of Zeus and of the gods , is a preliminary to the story of the human race . The name Iapetos has for us a foreign sound . Apart from the fact ...
... Iapetos as consisting entirely of punished evildoers . The story of the Titans , those enemies of Zeus and of the gods , is a preliminary to the story of the human race . The name Iapetos has for us a foreign sound . Apart from the fact ...
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... Iapetos , thou illus trious lord , how unequal hast thou made the portions ! " Thus Zeus , full of eternal counsel , rebuked him . Prometheus of the crooked thoughts answered him with a soft smile , aware of his deceit : " Zeus , most ...
... Iapetos , thou illus trious lord , how unequal hast thou made the portions ! " Thus Zeus , full of eternal counsel , rebuked him . Prometheus of the crooked thoughts answered him with a soft smile , aware of his deceit : " Zeus , most ...
Contents
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