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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.
Page 61
A P it no D. 1 T. E. 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 oldest ...
A P it no D. 1 T. E. 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 oldest ...
Page 105
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. One day as he
and his ...
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. One day as he
and his ...
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| Title | Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology |
| Author | Edward Tripp |
| Published | 1970 |
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