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... sisters , Medousa was the only 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 ...
... sisters , Medousa was the only 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 ...
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... sisters shared her guilt - but the narrators do not agree as to which of them she was . Aglauros and this other sister espied Athene's secret : but as to what it was , here again the narrators differ . 383 It was a serpent ; or a child ...
... sisters shared her guilt - but the narrators do not agree as to which of them she was . Aglauros and this other sister espied Athene's secret : but as to what it was , here again the narrators differ . 383 It was a serpent ; or a child ...
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... sister named Asteria , " Star - Goddess " . According to Hesiod , 405 Asteria was the wife of Perses , or Persaios , and bore him Hekate , who is especially close to Artemis . According to one tale , 406 Zeus , when he had coupled with ...
... sister named Asteria , " Star - Goddess " . According to Hesiod , 405 Asteria was the wife of Perses , or Persaios , and bore him Hekate , who is especially close to Artemis . According to one tale , 406 Zeus , when he had coupled with ...
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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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