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... Aeschylus , Aërope was the mother of Pleisthenes ; the more usual story is that she was the mother of Agamemnon and ... Aeschylus ( 525 or 524 to 456 or 455 B.c. ) . A Greek tragic dramatist . The 24 25 A ESCULAPIUS ✓ ! six of Aeschylus ...
... Aeschylus , Aërope was the mother of Pleisthenes ; the more usual story is that she was the mother of Agamemnon and ... Aeschylus ( 525 or 524 to 456 or 455 B.c. ) . A Greek tragic dramatist . The 24 25 A ESCULAPIUS ✓ ! six of Aeschylus ...
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... Aeschylus identified these deities as the Erinyes , who were probably associated with the working - out of curses . In a myth intended to explain the name , Ares was said to have been the first person to be tried there for murder . In ...
... Aeschylus identified these deities as the Erinyes , who were probably associated with the working - out of curses . In a myth intended to explain the name , Ares was said to have been the first person to be tried there for murder . In ...
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... Aeschylus ' tragedy Eumenides recounts the manner in which Athena forced the Erinyes to cease persecuting Orestes and persuaded them to give up their primitive functions as bringer of retribution in favor of new roles as the gracious ...
... Aeschylus ' tragedy Eumenides recounts the manner in which Athena forced the Erinyes to cease persecuting Orestes and persuaded them to give up their primitive functions as bringer of retribution in favor of new roles as the gracious ...
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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