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... myths of Greece and Rome , but to tell them in a readable and convenient form . It is not concerned with cult ; and it ventures into interpretation of the myths only where description of the gods ' functions inakes interpretation ...
... myths of Greece and Rome , but to tell them in a readable and convenient form . It is not concerned with cult ; and it ventures into interpretation of the myths only where description of the gods ' functions inakes interpretation ...
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... myths of Anatolia . A very different concept of creation was expressed in the myths of the Greek cult of Orphism . Ancient references to these accounts are too fragmentary to permit reconstruction . Much of the Orphic story was probably ...
... myths of Anatolia . A very different concept of creation was expressed in the myths of the Greek cult of Orphism . Ancient references to these accounts are too fragmentary to permit reconstruction . Much of the Orphic story was probably ...
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... myth is closely associated with the worship of Dionysus , but did not necessarily originate in it . ( Apollodorus 1.3 ... myths . Nevertheless , the Metamorphoses is an impoertant source of Greek and Roman mythology . Oxylus . A king of ...
... myth is closely associated with the worship of Dionysus , but did not necessarily originate in it . ( Apollodorus 1.3 ... myths . Nevertheless , the Metamorphoses is an impoertant source of Greek and Roman mythology . Oxylus . A king of ...
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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