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... god in order to carry him off to the place where he , Kronos - and with him the Golden Age - still exists : at the ... GODS AND TITANS At one time our mythology contained numerous stories of wars of the gods , stories which later were ...
... god in order to carry him off to the place where he , Kronos - and with him the Golden Age - still exists : at the ... GODS AND TITANS At one time our mythology contained numerous stories of wars of the gods , stories which later were ...
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... gods to the Underworld , let me tell the story as Hesiod told it . 147 Far distant from the gods lives the Hated Goddess , Styx , in her famous palace beneath a high rock . There the sky is sup ported by pillars of silver . Iris seldom ...
... gods to the Underworld , let me tell the story as Hesiod told it . 147 Far distant from the gods lives the Hated Goddess , Styx , in her famous palace beneath a high rock . There the sky is sup ported by pillars of silver . Iris seldom ...
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... gods brought her gifts , that they might worthily celebrate the mar riage of which was to be born the greatest hero of the Trojan War , Achilleus , the all too short - lived son of Thetis . At this celebration the apple of Eris fell ...
... gods brought her gifts , that they might worthily celebrate the mar riage of which was to be born the greatest hero of the Trojan War , Achilleus , the all too short - lived son of Thetis . At this celebration the apple of Eris fell ...
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