Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology1970 |
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... Oceanus and Tethys . Eidyia married Acėtes , king of Colchis , and bore him Medea and Chalciope , and , according to some accounts , also Apsyrtus . ( Hesiod , Theogony , 346-352 , 958-962 . ) Eileithyia . A goddess of childbirth ...
... Oceanus and Tethys . Eidyia married Acėtes , king of Colchis , and bore him Medea and Chalciope , and , according to some accounts , also Apsyrtus . ( Hesiod , Theogony , 346-352 , 958-962 . ) Eileithyia . A goddess of childbirth ...
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... Oceanus and Tethys . The river itself , however , was harder to identify . Herodotus ( 3.115 ] doubted that it existed . Most writers thought that it was an ancient name for the Po , but this identification does not fit the requirements ...
... Oceanus and Tethys . The river itself , however , was harder to identify . Herodotus ( 3.115 ] doubted that it existed . Most writers thought that it was an ancient name for the Po , but this identification does not fit the requirements ...
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... Oceanus and Tethys . When Hera and Poseidon were wrangling over possession of Argolis , Zeus referred the question to Inachus and two other rivers , the Cephissus and the Asterion . They decided in favor of Hera , and Poseidon dried ...
... Oceanus and Tethys . When Hera and Poseidon were wrangling over possession of Argolis , Zeus referred the question to Inachus and two other rivers , the Cephissus and the Asterion . They decided in favor of Hera , and Poseidon dried ...
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