Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology, Volume 10Crowell, 1970 - 631 pages Reference work with alphabetically-arranged entries illuminates the characters, places, and literary sources of Greek and Roman myths. |
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Page 197
... Persephone with her for two - thirds of each year , relented and agreed to allow the grain to grow once again . With her daughter she at last returned to Olympus . Before leaving Eleusis the goddess lent her dragon - drawn , winged ...
... Persephone with her for two - thirds of each year , relented and agreed to allow the grain to grow once again . With her daughter she at last returned to Olympus . Before leaving Eleusis the goddess lent her dragon - drawn , winged ...
Page 463
... Persephone was the only child of Zeus and Demeter . Carried off by Hades , who had her father's consent , she lived ... Persephone's name was not spoken , except , perhaps , at the secret ceremonies reserved for initiates . She was ...
... Persephone was the only child of Zeus and Demeter . Carried off by Hades , who had her father's consent , she lived ... Persephone's name was not spoken , except , perhaps , at the secret ceremonies reserved for initiates . She was ...
Page 464
... Persephone was often invoked in curses . Orestes and Electra , for example , prayed to Ge ( Earth ) to send up their father , Agamem- non , to watch them kill his murderer , Aegisthus , and asked Persephone to give them victory . There ...
... Persephone was often invoked in curses . Orestes and Electra , for example , prayed to Ge ( Earth ) to send up their father , Agamem- non , to watch them kill his murderer , Aegisthus , and asked Persephone to give them victory . There ...
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