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... appeared the goddess Night , in the shape of a black bird . But she did not appear entirely by herself . With her ... appearance of Aither's son Phanes , otherwise known as the Protogonos Phaethon , the " firstborn shining one " . His ...
... appeared the goddess Night , in the shape of a black bird . But she did not appear entirely by herself . With her ... appearance of Aither's son Phanes , otherwise known as the Protogonos Phaethon , the " firstborn shining one " . His ...
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... appeared to be a second Zeus as Dionysos did : a Zeus of women , admittedly , whereas the Olympian was much more a Zeus of men . The more characteristic animals of these two gods - in the forms of their worship , that is to say , and in ...
... appeared to be a second Zeus as Dionysos did : a Zeus of women , admittedly , whereas the Olympian was much more a Zeus of men . The more characteristic animals of these two gods - in the forms of their worship , that is to say , and in ...
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... appeared to him in a dream and announced that the girl belonged to the god himself . This seems , according to most of the tales , to have been actually the case , although on the other hand it is expressly stated 898 that Ariadne was ...
... appeared to him in a dream and announced that the girl belonged to the god himself . This seems , according to most of the tales , to have been actually the case , although on the other hand it is expressly stated 898 that Ariadne was ...
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