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Page 54
Twelve nights in a row , Myrrha visited the bed of her father , who did not
recognize her in the dark When he eventually discovered who he had slept with ,
the old king sought to slay his daughter . However , the gods heard Myrrha's
appeal for ...
Twelve nights in a row , Myrrha visited the bed of her father , who did not
recognize her in the dark When he eventually discovered who he had slept with ,
the old king sought to slay his daughter . However , the gods heard Myrrha's
appeal for ...
Page 155
When the boat eventually came to ground in a muddy branch of the river , Mars '
sacred animals , the she - wolf and the woodpecker , rescued the boys .
Faustulus , the royal herdsman , discovered the twins , took them home and ,
without ...
When the boat eventually came to ground in a muddy branch of the river , Mars '
sacred animals , the she - wolf and the woodpecker , rescued the boys .
Faustulus , the royal herdsman , discovered the twins , took them home and ,
without ...
Page 187
The dragon was eventually chained to a mountain , from where he is prophesied
to escape and wreak havoc on the earth until his defeat by a new hero ,
Keresaspa . Keresaspa's triumph will signal the birth of a new world . Atalanta In
Greek ...
The dragon was eventually chained to a mountain , from where he is prophesied
to escape and wreak havoc on the earth until his defeat by a new hero ,
Keresaspa . Keresaspa's triumph will signal the birth of a new world . Atalanta In
Greek ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths & Legends |
| Author | Arthur Cotterell |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Dec 2006 |
| ISBN | 0025801813, 9780025801813 |
| Length | 260 pages |
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