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... worshipped also under surnames that reveal the pleasure she took in the dancing of strange dancers both male and female . As Karyatis she rejoiced in the dances of the girls of the nut tree village of Karyai , those Karyatides who in ...
... worshipped also under surnames that reveal the pleasure she took in the dancing of strange dancers both male and female . As Karyatis she rejoiced in the dances of the girls of the nut tree village of Karyai , those Karyatides who in ...
Page 172
... worshipped as Aphroditos . So in that country we find , too , in a single being that union of female and male which was also achieved by Salmakis : a union that even in these days finds expression in our language , when we speak of a ...
... worshipped as Aphroditos . So in that country we find , too , in a single being that union of female and male which was also achieved by Salmakis : a union that even in these days finds expression in our language , when we speak of a ...
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... worshipped with the worshippers . There were many portrayals of them , showing them in long robes , with heads rigidly thrown back , wreathed with ivy , carrying the thyrsus - a long staff of narthex with a pine - cone on its end . Thus ...
... worshipped with the worshippers . There were many portrayals of them , showing them in long robes , with heads rigidly thrown back , wreathed with ivy , carrying the thyrsus - a long staff of narthex with a pine - cone on its end . Thus ...
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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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