The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Mythology: An A - Z Guide to the Myths and Legends of the Ancient World"The myths and legends of the ancient worlds, from Greece, Rome and Egypt to the Norse and Celtic lands, through Persia and India to China and the Far East. A comprehensive A to Z of the classic stories of gods and goddesses, heroes and mythical beasts, wizards and warriors"--Page 1 of cover. |
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Page 49
... HERA means " lady " and was undoubtedly the title of a powerful mother goddess whom the Greeks inherited from the earlier inhabi- tants of Argos , which was a major city in the Peloponnese . It was claimed that she was the daughter of ...
... HERA means " lady " and was undoubtedly the title of a powerful mother goddess whom the Greeks inherited from the earlier inhabi- tants of Argos , which was a major city in the Peloponnese . It was claimed that she was the daughter of ...
Page 50
... Hera's glory " - a circumstance that firmly ties the hero to Argos , the site of the goddess HERA's temple . It remains a mystery that Heracles should have been perse- cuted so much by Hera , even going mad at one point during his life ...
... Hera's glory " - a circumstance that firmly ties the hero to Argos , the site of the goddess HERA's temple . It remains a mystery that Heracles should have been perse- cuted so much by Hera , even going mad at one point during his life ...
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... HERA asked Hypnos to lull her husband ZEUS to sleep so that she could attack his son HERACLES . Hypnos usually refused to anger Zeus , possibly because he had already come close to having a thunder- bolt hurled at him . He was saved by ...
... HERA asked Hypnos to lull her husband ZEUS to sleep so that she could attack his son HERACLES . Hypnos usually refused to anger Zeus , possibly because he had already come close to having a thunder- bolt hurled at him . He was saved by ...
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