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... hand from the place of ambush and seized his father . With his right hand he took the huge sickle , quickly cut off his father's manhood , and cast it behind his back . Gaia received in her womb the blood shed by her spouse , and gave ...
... hand from the place of ambush and seized his father . With his right hand he took the huge sickle , quickly cut off his father's manhood , and cast it behind his back . Gaia received in her womb the blood shed by her spouse , and gave ...
Page 84
... hand and thirty - two left - hand Daktyloi ; that the right - hand ones had been smiths and the left - hand ones magicians ; or that the left - hand ones had laid spells and the right - hand ones had broken spells ; or that the right - hand ...
... hand and thirty - two left - hand Daktyloi ; that the right - hand ones had been smiths and the left - hand ones magicians ; or that the left - hand ones had laid spells and the right - hand ones had broken spells ; or that the right - hand ...
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... hand the kantharos , a wine- jar with large handles , and occupying the place where one would expect to see Hades . On a vase by the archaic master Xenokles we see , on one side , Zeus , Poseidon and Hades , each with his emblems of ...
... hand the kantharos , a wine- jar with large handles , and occupying the place where one would expect to see Hades . On a vase by the archaic master Xenokles we see , on one side , Zeus , Poseidon and Hades , each with his emblems of ...
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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