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... first glimpse of him . She gave him a magic drug , made from a plant that had grown from the blood of Prometheus as it dripped from the eagle's talons , and told him how to use it and how to enlist the aid of Hecate . In return , Jason ...
... first glimpse of him . She gave him a magic drug , made from a plant that had grown from the blood of Prometheus as it dripped from the eagle's talons , and told him how to use it and how to enlist the aid of Hecate . In return , Jason ...
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... first Greek to step ashore at Troy , and he remained the bulwark of the Trojan army until his death in the tenth year of the war . He proposed that Paris and Menelaus decide the outcome in single combat , and later fought Ajax to a draw ...
... first Greek to step ashore at Troy , and he remained the bulwark of the Trojan army until his death in the tenth year of the war . He proposed that Paris and Menelaus decide the outcome in single combat , and later fought Ajax to a draw ...
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... first murder , or first murder of kin , was so horrifying a deed , Ixion could find neither man nor god to purify him of it . Finally Zeus undertook to do so , and even invited Ixion to Olympus . ( It should perhaps be mentioned that ...
... first murder , or first murder of kin , was so horrifying a deed , Ixion could find neither man nor god to purify him of it . Finally Zeus undertook to do so , and even invited Ixion to Olympus . ( It should perhaps be mentioned that ...
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According accounts Achilles Adrastus Aeschylus Aetolia ancient Aphrodite Apollo Apollodorus Apollonius Rhodius appeared Argonauts Argos Artemis Athens became bore brother brought called carried caused child claimed Crete daughter death descendants died Dionysus earth eponym Eteocles Euripides Fabulae father fell followed force gave Giants give given goddess gods Greek Hades hand head Helen Hera Heracles Hermes Hesiod Homer honor horse husband Hyginus identified Iliad island Italy Jason killed king known land later leader lived married Medea Messenia Metamorphoses Minos mother Mount murder myths nymph Odysseus offered once oracle originally Ovid Pausanias perhaps Perseus Poseidon punished refused region remained returned river Roman rule sailed seems sent ships sister sons story Thebes Theseus Thestius throne told took Trojan Troy turned wife women worshiped writers young youth Zeus