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Calliope decreed that Adonis , now a handsome youth , should spend a part of the year with each goddess . Aphrodite punished Calliope's fair - mindedness by causing the death of her son Orpheus , but she could not alter the judgment .
Calliope decreed that Adonis , now a handsome youth , should spend a part of the year with each goddess . Aphrodite punished Calliope's fair - mindedness by causing the death of her son Orpheus , but she could not alter the judgment .
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APOL LO APHRODITE in the stars and the doves were universally held sacred to the goddess , both as the Syrian Goddess and as Aphrodite . The Greeks had always known that Aphrodite was an Asiatic goddess . Herodotus stated that the ...
APOL LO APHRODITE in the stars and the doves were universally held sacred to the goddess , both as the Syrian Goddess and as Aphrodite . The Greeks had always known that Aphrodite was an Asiatic goddess . Herodotus stated that the ...
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According to one version of Orion's death , the giant hunter had won the goddess ' confidence and she seriously considered marrying him . This prospect so disturbed Apollo that he found a way of disposing of the suitor .
According to one version of Orion's death , the giant hunter had won the goddess ' confidence and she seriously considered marrying him . This prospect so disturbed Apollo that he found a way of disposing of the suitor .
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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
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| Title | Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology |
| Author | Edward Tripp |
| Published | 1970 |
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