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It is intended not to expound the myths of Greece and Rome, but to tell them in a
readable and convenient sorm. It is not concerned with cult; and it ventures into
interpretation of the myths only where description of the gods' functions makes ...
It is intended not to expound the myths of Greece and Rome, but to tell them in a
readable and convenient sorm. It is not concerned with cult; and it ventures into
interpretation of the myths only where description of the gods' functions makes ...
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Eros, not yet the handsome young god of later myth, probably represented the
sexual force that would permit the work of ... the gods—particularly the
succession of ruling gods, each overthrowing his predecessor—were bor. rowed
from myths ...
Eros, not yet the handsome young god of later myth, probably represented the
sexual force that would permit the work of ... the gods—particularly the
succession of ruling gods, each overthrowing his predecessor—were bor. rowed
from myths ...
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A part of Orpheus' myth is closely associated with the worship of Dionysus, but
did not necessarily originate in it. [Apollodorus 1.3.2; Apollonius Rhodius,
Argonautica; Ovid, Metamorphoses, 10.1–85, 11.1–84; Vergil, Georgics, 4.453–
527; ...
A part of Orpheus' myth is closely associated with the worship of Dionysus, but
did not necessarily originate in it. [Apollodorus 1.3.2; Apollonius Rhodius,
Argonautica; Ovid, Metamorphoses, 10.1–85, 11.1–84; Vergil, Georgics, 4.453–
527; ...
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| Title | Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology |
| Author | Edward Tripp |
| Published | 1970 |
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