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... moon , the moon in its darkest phase - gave a more accur ate idea of the occasion on which the moon - goddess became the mother of Helios's children : the occasion of the seeming encounter of Sun and Moon at the time of the new moon ...
... moon , the moon in its darkest phase - gave a more accur ate idea of the occasion on which the moon - goddess became the mother of Helios's children : the occasion of the seeming encounter of Sun and Moon at the time of the new moon ...
Page 197
... moon , the lunar month , and in Asia Minor also meant a moon - god . There was a story 628 of a marriage of Selene with Zeus : the moon - goddess bore to the heavenly ruler a daughter named Pandia , " the entirely shining " or " the ...
... moon , the lunar month , and in Asia Minor also meant a moon - god . There was a story 628 of a marriage of Selene with Zeus : the moon - goddess bore to the heavenly ruler a daughter named Pandia , " the entirely shining " or " the ...
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... moon - goddess originated from Asia Minor , and was set in a cave . It was told 630 that when Selene disappeared behind the mountain - crest of Latmos in Asia Minor , she was visiting her lover Endymion , who slept in a cave in that ...
... moon - goddess originated from Asia Minor , and was set in a cave . It was told 630 that when Selene disappeared behind the mountain - crest of Latmos in Asia Minor , she was visiting her lover Endymion , who slept in a cave in that ...
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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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