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Page 303
Aided by her father , Hermione would have had both Andromache and Molossus
, her son by Neoptolemus , put to death if old Peleus , Neoptolemus ' grandfather
, had not intervened . Fearing her husband's vengeance , she fled with Orestes ...
Aided by her father , Hermione would have had both Andromache and Molossus
, her son by Neoptolemus , put to death if old Peleus , Neoptolemus ' grandfather
, had not intervened . Fearing her husband's vengeance , she fled with Orestes ...
Page 335
A female death - spirit . Keres , often represented as fanged and taloned women ,
resembled Erinyes , both in their appearance and in their function , which was to
claim and carry off the bodies of the dead to Hades . They personified , however ...
A female death - spirit . Keres , often represented as fanged and taloned women ,
resembled Erinyes , both in their appearance and in their function , which was to
claim and carry off the bodies of the dead to Hades . They personified , however ...
Page 603
Seeing them later weeping over the death in battle of Patroclus , Zeus regretted
causing them suffering through association with human beings , the most
miserable of all creatures . Hera gave Xanthus the power of speech in order to
warn ...
Seeing them later weeping over the death in battle of Patroclus , Zeus regretted
causing them suffering through association with human beings , the most
miserable of all creatures . Hera gave Xanthus the power of speech in order to
warn ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology |
| Author | Edward Tripp |
| Published | 1970 |
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