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... legends , to induce their priests to impart to me their mythology , and to study their proverbs . For more than eight years I devoted a great part of my available time to these pursuits . Indeed I worked at this duty in my spare moments ...
... legends , to induce their priests to impart to me their mythology , and to study their proverbs . For more than eight years I devoted a great part of my available time to these pursuits . Indeed I worked at this duty in my spare moments ...
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... legends that Homer loves to tell in the Odyssey , that Proteus had a daughter called Eidothea , and that she betrayed him . " A greybeard of the sea frequents this region , " this goddess told the hero Menelaos , " the sea - greybeard ...
... legends that Homer loves to tell in the Odyssey , that Proteus had a daughter called Eidothea , and that she betrayed him . " A greybeard of the sea frequents this region , " this goddess told the hero Menelaos , " the sea - greybeard ...
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... legends about the fab monsters that issued forth from the thighs of Gaia , the ] Mother ; and here are the stories of Zeus'unquenchable of the agony of Prometheus and the rape of Persephor Adonis and Pygmalion , Ariadne and Hermes , and ...
... legends about the fab monsters that issued forth from the thighs of Gaia , the ] Mother ; and here are the stories of Zeus'unquenchable of the agony of Prometheus and the rape of Persephor Adonis and Pygmalion , Ariadne and Hermes , and ...
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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