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... marriage that she protected as our marriage - goddess was monogamy , or as seen from the woman's point of view - the fulfilment of herself through a single husband , to whom she should be the single wife . Hence Hera's jealousy and ...
... marriage that she protected as our marriage - goddess was monogamy , or as seen from the woman's point of view - the fulfilment of herself through a single husband , to whom she should be the single wife . Hence Hera's jealousy and ...
Page 181
... marriages , it should be said , has the significance of those marriages of Zeus that led to the establish ment and confirmation of his rule , and thereby to the final ordering of the world . This was Poseidon's marriage with Amphitrite ...
... marriages , it should be said , has the significance of those marriages of Zeus that led to the establish ment and confirmation of his rule , and thereby to the final ordering of the world . This was Poseidon's marriage with Amphitrite ...
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... marriage . For they followed the advice of an oracle . Themis , giver of counsel , rose up between them and prophesied that it was the will of Fate that , if the sea - goddess were to bear a son to either Zeus or his brother , this son ...
... marriage . For they followed the advice of an oracle . Themis , giver of counsel , rose up between them and prophesied that it was the will of Fate that , if the sea - goddess were to bear a son to either Zeus or his brother , this son ...
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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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