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Page 83
... KOURETES I have already told how Rhea , when she was in process of bearing Zeus , the future father of gods and men , came to Crete and hid the child in a cave of Mount Aigaion , near Lyktos.192 ... Kouretes 83 Idaean Daktyloi and Kouretes.
... KOURETES I have already told how Rhea , when she was in process of bearing Zeus , the future father of gods and men , came to Crete and hid the child in a cave of Mount Aigaion , near Lyktos.192 ... Kouretes 83 Idaean Daktyloi and Kouretes.
Page 84
... Kouretes are three in number . There were , however , also tales of nine Kouretes , or of whole peoples of Kouretes , of nine or ten Korybantes , and of a hundred Idaean Daktyloi . In still other stories the number of Daktyloi Idaioi ...
... Kouretes are three in number . There were , however , also tales of nine Kouretes , or of whole peoples of Kouretes , of nine or ten Korybantes , and of a hundred Idaean Daktyloi . In still other stories the number of Daktyloi Idaioi ...
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... Kouretes , the Korybantes and the Telchines are sometimes only a few primitive beings and sometimes entire primitive peoples — who , in comparison with the great size of the Mother , were , as I have said , of dwarfish stature ...
... Kouretes , the Korybantes and the Telchines are sometimes only a few primitive beings and sometimes entire primitive peoples — who , in comparison with the great size of the Mother , were , as I have said , of dwarfish stature ...
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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