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Page 105
Other accounts say that Artemis killed Orion because he challenged her to a
game of quoits , or because he raped Opis , or because he lay with Eos .
According to one version of Orion's death , the giant hunter had won the goddess
...
Other accounts say that Artemis killed Orion because he challenged her to a
game of quoits , or because he raped Opis , or because he lay with Eos .
According to one version of Orion's death , the giant hunter had won the goddess
...
Page 287
Many accounts call this the final labor , saying that it followed the capture of
Cerberus . ... several adventures , which will be related here in an order that
allows for slightly more geographical plausibility than does the account of
Apollodorus .
Many accounts call this the final labor , saying that it followed the capture of
Cerberus . ... several adventures , which will be related here in an order that
allows for slightly more geographical plausibility than does the account of
Apollodorus .
Page 455
Another account claims that she dipped the baby in the river Styx , thus
immortalizing every part of his body except the heel ... Thetis , who was ,
according to some accounts , still married to Peleus , knew that Achilles would
die if he went to the ...
Another account claims that she dipped the baby in the river Styx , thus
immortalizing every part of his body except the heel ... Thetis , who was ,
according to some accounts , still married to Peleus , knew that Achilles would
die if he went to the ...
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