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... serpent - shaped goddess who in Asia Minor and at Delphi was called Delphyne . The name suggests that she was more like a dolphin , the sea - creature with ... Serpent and the Hesperides 51 The Echidna, the Hesperidean Serpent and Hesperides.
... serpent - shaped goddess who in Asia Minor and at Delphi was called Delphyne . The name suggests that she was more like a dolphin , the sea - creature with ... Serpent and the Hesperides 51 The Echidna, the Hesperidean Serpent and Hesperides.
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... serpent - heads , or at least a serpent's tail - which , incidentally , is sometimes also attributed to Kerberos . Herakles slew Orthos on the occasion when he killed Geryoneus and drove off the latter's herds of kine . Orthos lay with ...
... serpent - heads , or at least a serpent's tail - which , incidentally , is sometimes also attributed to Kerberos . Herakles slew Orthos on the occasion when he killed Geryoneus and drove off the latter's herds of kine . Orthos lay with ...
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... serpent approaching the corpse . He killed the serpent . Another serpent came , and , when it saw that the first serpent was dead , fetched a plant and laid it on the slain serpent , which came back to life . Polyidos took the plant and ...
... serpent approaching the corpse . He killed the serpent . Another serpent came , and , when it saw that the first serpent was dead , fetched a plant and laid it on the slain serpent , which came back to life . Polyidos took the plant 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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