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Page 116
... SURNAMES OF ZEUS AND HERA Let me conclude by listing some of those many surnames of Zeus and Hera that either summarise ... surname such as Ombrios or Hyetios , " the Rain - God " , or Kataibates , " the Descender " , Kappotas , " the ...
... SURNAMES OF ZEUS AND HERA Let me conclude by listing some of those many surnames of Zeus and Hera that either summarise ... surname such as Ombrios or Hyetios , " the Rain - God " , or Kataibates , " the Descender " , Kappotas , " the ...
Page 128
... surname Tritogeneia did not originally mean that she came into the world on the banks of any particular river or lake , but that she was born of the water itself ; for the name Triton seems to be associated with water generally . Under ...
... surname Tritogeneia did not originally mean that she came into the world on the banks of any particular river or lake , but that she was born of the water itself ; for the name Triton seems to be associated with water generally . Under ...
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... surname Dyalos , " the hybrid " , must certainly refer to a hermaphroditic being , and together with other names of the sort must be derived from hushed - up tales of the god's bisexuality . But such surnames as Dendreus , Dendrites ...
... surname Dyalos , " the hybrid " , must certainly refer to a hermaphroditic being , and together with other names of the sort must be derived from hushed - up tales of the god's bisexuality . But such surnames as Dendreus , Dendrites ...
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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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