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Page 62
In the Middle Ages , the exploits of his followers , the Knights of the Round Table ,
became the standard for chivalry . Ares had no wife , although he was constantly
under the spell of APHRODITE , the goddess of love . She bore him two ...
In the Middle Ages , the exploits of his followers , the Knights of the Round Table ,
became the standard for chivalry . Ares had no wife , although he was constantly
under the spell of APHRODITE , the goddess of love . She bore him two ...
Page 84
These rowdy followers protected fertility , a circumstance which suggests that
Dionysus may once , like DEMETER , have been a deity of vegetation and
agriculture . His human followers were women known as maenads ( frenzied
ones ) .
These rowdy followers protected fertility , a circumstance which suggests that
Dionysus may once , like DEMETER , have been a deity of vegetation and
agriculture . His human followers were women known as maenads ( frenzied
ones ) .
Page 131
After performing many good deeds on behalf of his followers , he held a last
supper with the closest of them and returned to heaven . At the end of the world ,
Mithras was expected to come again to judge resurrected mankind . Then , after a
...
After performing many good deeds on behalf of his followers , he held a last
supper with the closest of them and returned to heaven . At the end of the world ,
Mithras was expected to come again to judge resurrected mankind . Then , after a
...
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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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