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... bore Aither , the light of heaven , and Hemera , the day . Gaia , for her part , bore , first of all and as her equal , the starry Sky , Ouranos , so that he should completely cover her and be a firm and everlasting abode for the ...
... bore Aither , the light of heaven , and Hemera , the day . Gaia , for her part , bore , first of all and as her equal , the starry Sky , Ouranos , so that he should completely cover her and be a firm and everlasting abode for the ...
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... bore heroes : Tritaia bore Mela nippos , " the black stallion " , to Ares ; Auge bore Telephos , “ the far - shining " , to Herakles ; and Aithra bore Theseus to Poseidon . All these stories lead over into heroic saga - like that oft ...
... bore heroes : Tritaia bore Mela nippos , " the black stallion " , to Ares ; Auge bore Telephos , “ the far - shining " , to Herakles ; and Aithra bore Theseus to Poseidon . All these stories lead over into heroic saga - like that oft ...
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... bore Persephone to her own son , and in so doing bore her own self anew - a mystery of which little was publicly told . In her alliance with Poseidon , on the other hand , she was Earth , who bears plants and beasts , and could ...
... bore Persephone to her own son , and in so doing bore her own self anew - a mystery of which little was publicly told . In her alliance with Poseidon , on the other hand , she was Earth , who bears plants and beasts , and could ...
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