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... told except in the Mysteries . Or the story was given another turn , with another name for the goddess's lover . It was told 329 of a Cretan youth , or hunter , named Iasion or Iasios - an Idaios Daktylos , to judge by his name that ...
... told except in the Mysteries . Or the story was given another turn , with another name for the goddess's lover . It was told 329 of a Cretan youth , or hunter , named Iasion or Iasios - an Idaios Daktylos , to judge by his name that ...
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... told by the followers of Orpheus . Heaven and Earth were created by Phanes . In this story Ouranos and Gaia were a god and a goddess , and , like the other divinities , children of Night . Much the same stories were told of them as ...
... told by the followers of Orpheus . Heaven and Earth were created by Phanes . In this story Ouranos and Gaia were a god and a goddess , and , like the other divinities , children of Night . Much the same stories were told of them as ...
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... told by the Athenians and Delians , in which Athene and Leto , the mother of Apollon , were closely connected . Athene helped Leto in her pregnancy when the latter came to Delos to bear her son . 4 THE DAUGHTERS OF KEKROPS The Athenians ...
... told by the Athenians and Delians , in which Athene and Leto , the mother of Apollon , were closely connected . Athene helped Leto in her pregnancy when the latter came to Delos to bear her son . 4 THE DAUGHTERS OF KEKROPS The Athenians ...
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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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