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Page 103
... spring of Mnemosyne , as I shall later tell . In Boeotia two springs were pointed out to visitors , 278 one called Mnemosyne and the other Lethe . Not far from these springs Mnemosyne was worshipped as a goddess . The Muses , too , had ...
... spring of Mnemosyne , as I shall later tell . In Boeotia two springs were pointed out to visitors , 278 one called Mnemosyne and the other Lethe . Not far from these springs Mnemosyne was worshipped as a goddess . The Muses , too , had ...
Page 124
... spring - to arise from it . It was also told371 that on this occasion he caused the first horse to spring from the earth . Athene planted the olive , and for this Kekrops judged her the victor . It was further told 372 that Kekrops was ...
... spring - to arise from it . It was also told371 that on this occasion he caused the first horse to spring from the earth . Athene planted the olive , and for this Kekrops judged her the victor . It was further told 372 that Kekrops was ...
Page 241
... spring of Kyane , " the dark spring " . On our mainland , too , it was claimed for many localities G.G. - 17 that Demeter had come to them on her search for Other Stories of Rape , Consolation and Ascension 241 Other Stories of Rape ...
... spring of Kyane , " the dark spring " . On our mainland , too , it was claimed for many localities G.G. - 17 that Demeter had come to them on her search for Other Stories of Rape , Consolation and Ascension 241 Other Stories of Rape ...
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