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Page 257
... Hades did so , but first induced or forced the girl to eat a pomegranate seed . Having eaten the food of Hades , she had to retum to 256 him each year to spend four to six months with him . In spite of her origins , Persephone was ...
... Hades did so , but first induced or forced the girl to eat a pomegranate seed . Having eaten the food of Hades , she had to retum to 256 him each year to spend four to six months with him . In spite of her origins , Persephone was ...
Page 259
... Hades , the boundary is usually the Styx , although sometimes it is Acheron , a swampy river or lake . Other rivers of Hades were the faming Phlegethon or Pyriphlegethon , Cocytus , and Lethe , the river of forgetting . The dead ...
... Hades , the boundary is usually the Styx , although sometimes it is Acheron , a swampy river or lake . Other rivers of Hades were the faming Phlegethon or Pyriphlegethon , Cocytus , and Lethe , the river of forgetting . The dead ...
Page 289
... Hades . In preparation for this , the most difficult of all his trials , Heracles went to Eleusis in order to be initiated into the Eleusinian mysteries . First he had to be purified , by Eumolpus , of his murder of the Centaurs ; then ...
... Hades . In preparation for this , the most difficult of all his trials , Heracles went to Eleusis in order to be initiated into the Eleusinian mysteries . First he had to be purified , by Eumolpus , of his murder of the Centaurs ; then ...
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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