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... later did the Arrephoroi , the Athenian virgins , who served the city's goddess . Their house had three rooms . In the middle room dwelt Herse . Once upon a time Hermes espied the three as they were carrying the sacred baskets on their ...
... later did the Arrephoroi , the Athenian virgins , who served the city's goddess . Their house had three rooms . In the middle room dwelt Herse . Once upon a time Hermes espied the three as they were carrying the sacred baskets on their ...
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... later called - the " Ashes " produced the race of bronze . In his story of the theft of fire Hesiod 701 preserved for us the word melioi , the masculine form of meliai , as meaning the human beings - or , more accurately , the men who ...
... later called - the " Ashes " produced the race of bronze . In his story of the theft of fire Hesiod 701 preserved for us the word melioi , the masculine form of meliai , as meaning the human beings - or , more accurately , the men who ...
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... later date than the story of the sufferings of the horned child - god . The story was also told as follows : 840 The boiled limbs of the first Dionysos , the son of Demeter , went into the earth . The earth - born beings had torn him to ...
... later date than the story of the sufferings of the horned child - god . The story was also told as follows : 840 The boiled limbs of the first Dionysos , the son of Demeter , went into the earth . The earth - born beings had torn him to ...
Contents
THE BEGINNING OF THINGS | 15 |
THE MOIRAI HEKATE AND OTHER PRE OLYMPIAN | 31 |
THE GREAT GODDESS OF LOVE | 66 |
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