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... earth , the hundred - armed ones , Briareos , Kottos and Gyes ; they strengthened them with nectar and ambrosia ... earth as the earth is below the sky . An anvil dropped from the sky falls for nine nights , and on the tenth it reaches ...
... earth , the hundred - armed ones , Briareos , Kottos and Gyes ; they strengthened them with nectar and ambrosia ... earth as the earth is below the sky . An anvil dropped from the sky falls for nine nights , and on the tenth it reaches ...
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... Earth , con ceived of the blood shed by maimed Father Ouranos , and brought forth upon the mighty earth the Erinyes , the huge Giants and those nymphs who are called Meliai , " Ashes " . In the great tale 700 of the various successive ...
... Earth , con ceived of the blood shed by maimed Father Ouranos , and brought forth upon the mighty earth the Erinyes , the huge Giants and those nymphs who are called Meliai , " Ashes " . In the great tale 700 of the various successive ...
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... earth . The earth - born beings had torn him to pieces and boiled him , but Demeter gathered the limbs together . This may , however , be a story concerning the creation of the vine . We learnt from the followers of Orpheus 841 that ...
... earth . The earth - born beings had torn him to pieces and boiled him , but Demeter gathered the limbs together . This may , however , be a story concerning the creation of the vine . We learnt from the followers of Orpheus 841 that ...
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