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Page 62
For example, when her favourite follower, the nymph Callisto, bore Zeus a child,
Artemis was so enraged by Callisto's ... SEE ALSO ACTAEON, APOLLO
CALLISTO, LETO, ORION, PYTHON the Middle Ages, the exploits of his followers
, the ...
For example, when her favourite follower, the nymph Callisto, bore Zeus a child,
Artemis was so enraged by Callisto's ... SEE ALSO ACTAEON, APOLLO
CALLISTO, LETO, ORION, PYTHON the Middle Ages, the exploits of his followers
, the ...
Page 84
His human followers were women known as maenads (frenzied ones). According
to one tradition, the conception of Dionysus occurred at the city of Thebes, where
his mother Semele was a princess. This daughter of CADMUs, the city's ...
His human followers were women known as maenads (frenzied ones). According
to one tradition, the conception of Dionysus occurred at the city of Thebes, where
his mother Semele was a princess. This daughter of CADMUs, the city's ...
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
last ...
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
last ...
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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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