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... mortal one . Both the others were immortal and ageless , like the rest of the goddesses . Poseidon , the dark - haired god , lay with the mortal sister in soft grass , under spring blossom . This tale brings Medousa quite close to ...
... mortal one . Both the others were immortal and ageless , like the rest of the goddesses . Poseidon , the dark - haired god , lay with the mortal sister in soft grass , under spring blossom . This tale brings Medousa quite close to ...
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... mortal maiden , a Phrygian princess who could also speak the language of the Trojans . Hermes had carried her off , so she said , from the choir of Artemis , in which she had been dancing with her playmates and with nymphs , and had ...
... mortal maiden , a Phrygian princess who could also speak the language of the Trojans . Hermes had carried her off , so she said , from the choir of Artemis , in which she had been dancing with her playmates and with nymphs , and had ...
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... mortal . When the time came for Kastor to die , his brother did not wish to be parted from him . They therefore always spent one day together in the Underworld and the next day up above with their father . Such tales , however , already ...
... mortal . When the time came for Kastor to die , his brother did not wish to be parted from him . They therefore always spent one day together in the Underworld and the next day up above with their father . Such tales , however , already ...
Contents
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