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... give up his own concubine , Chryseïs , to save the Greeks from a plague . Enraged , he took Briseïs from Achilles . Achilles surrendered her but refused to fight any longer or to allow his troops to do so . His mother appealed to Zeus to ...
... give up his own concubine , Chryseïs , to save the Greeks from a plague . Enraged , he took Briseïs from Achilles . Achilles surrendered her but refused to fight any longer or to allow his troops to do so . His mother appealed to Zeus to ...
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... give him a cup of wine that she had poisoned with aconite . As the youth accepted the cup , he showed Aegeus certain tokens given him by his mother . By these Aegeus recognized his son and struck the cup from his hand . The king exiled ...
... give him a cup of wine that she had poisoned with aconite . As the youth accepted the cup , he showed Aegeus certain tokens given him by his mother . By these Aegeus recognized his son and struck the cup from his hand . The king exiled ...
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... give them victory . There is an ironic echo of Persephone's life on earth in the tale of her quarrel with Aphrodite over Adonis , who , like herself , was a spirit of the dying and reviving vegetation . Aphrodite placed the infant in a ...
... give them victory . There is an ironic echo of Persephone's life on earth in the tale of her quarrel with Aphrodite over Adonis , who , like herself , was a spirit of the dying and reviving vegetation . Aphrodite placed the infant in a ...
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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