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She bore a son , Eumelus , and a daughter , whose name is not recorded . Later she gave her own life as a substitute for her husband's , but was returned to the land of the living by Persephone or Heracles ...
She bore a son , Eumelus , and a daughter , whose name is not recorded . Later she gave her own life as a substitute for her husband's , but was returned to the land of the living by Persephone or Heracles ...
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Alcmene fled with her husband to Thebes , where they were welcomed by King Creon . She refused , however , to lie with her husband until he had avenged the murder of her brothers by Taphian pirates , which had occurred some time earlier ...
Alcmene fled with her husband to Thebes , where they were welcomed by King Creon . She refused , however , to lie with her husband until he had avenged the murder of her brothers by Taphian pirates , which had occurred some time earlier ...
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Before dawn Psyche's unseen husband left the palace , but he came again the next night and the next . On the fourth night , however , Psyche's husband urgently warned her that her sisters were seeking her and that she must not see them ...
Before dawn Psyche's unseen husband left the palace , but he came again the next night and the next . On the fourth night , however , Psyche's husband urgently warned her that her sisters were seeking her and that she must not see them ...
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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