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Karl Kerényi. Pandora . 178 She was not his wife , but the wife of beings closely resembling him . Hephaistos's wife - according to Homer , in his Iliad , 179 and according to Hesiod - was the youngest of the Graces , Aglaia , " the ...
Karl Kerényi. Pandora . 178 She was not his wife , but the wife of beings closely resembling him . Hephaistos's wife - according to Homer , in his Iliad , 179 and according to Hesiod - was the youngest of the Graces , Aglaia , " the ...
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... wife two of the daughters of Gaia and Ouranos , two sisters of Mother Rhea . One of them was Themis . Her wedding was described to us by Pindar . 267 In the story as he retold it Themis was Zeus's first wife . First of all - as the poet ...
... wife two of the daughters of Gaia and Ouranos , two sisters of Mother Rhea . One of them was Themis . Her wedding was described to us by Pindar . 267 In the story as he retold it Themis was Zeus's first wife . First of all - as the poet ...
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... wife of Alalkomeneus was called Niobe . As humanity's first mother she had the further distinction 744 of being honoured in Thebes as the mother of seven Meliai , the mortal Ash- Nymphs , who were doubtless the wives of the primordial ...
... wife of Alalkomeneus was called Niobe . As humanity's first mother she had the further distinction 744 of being honoured in Thebes as the mother of seven Meliai , the mortal Ash- Nymphs , who were doubtless the wives of the primordial ...
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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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