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... OURANOS , GAIA AND KRONOS Ouranos , the god of the sky , came in the night to his wife , to the Earth , to the goddess Gaia . 16 The two bright children of Night and Darkness , the children Aither and Hemera , who appeared in daytime ...
... OURANOS , GAIA AND KRONOS Ouranos , the god of the sky , came in the night to his wife , to the Earth , to the goddess Gaia . 16 The two bright children of Night and Darkness , the children Aither and Hemera , who appeared in daytime ...
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... Ouranos heard their daughter's prayer , and revealed to her the manner in which the future of King Kronos and his son had been decided . The parents sent Rhea to Lyktos , on the island of Crete , where Gaia took charge of the newly born ...
... Ouranos heard their daughter's prayer , and revealed to her the manner in which the future of King Kronos and his son had been decided . The parents sent Rhea to Lyktos , on the island of Crete , where Gaia took charge of the newly born ...
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... Ouranos , from Ouranos to Kronos , from Kronos to Zeus , who was the fifth to rule the world . After Zeus came the sixth ruler , Dionysos , with whose reign the song of Orpheus ended . I shall not now carry the story so far , but shall ...
... Ouranos , from Ouranos to Kronos , from Kronos to Zeus , who was the fifth to rule the world . After Zeus came the sixth ruler , Dionysos , with whose reign the song of Orpheus ended . I shall not now carry the story so far , but shall ...
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