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When Heracles offered to hold the sky while Atlas went on the errand , the Titan , who was none too intelligent , consented . He soon returned with the apples , but offered to deliver them in person to Eurystheus , intending never to ...
When Heracles offered to hold the sky while Atlas went on the errand , the Titan , who was none too intelligent , consented . He soon returned with the apples , but offered to deliver them in person to Eurystheus , intending never to ...
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Zeus offered to grant any boon that the pair might ask . Philemon wished only that they might spend the rest of their lives as priestly keepers of the temple and that , at the end , neither should outlive the other .
Zeus offered to grant any boon that the pair might ask . Philemon wished only that they might spend the rest of their lives as priestly keepers of the temple and that , at the end , neither should outlive the other .
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He offered to spy by night on the Greek camp , not for glory or from patriotism , but for the reward of Achilles ' horses and chariot . Although Dolon was quick on his feet , he was an incompetent spy and was captured almost at once by ...
He offered to spy by night on the Greek camp , not for glory or from patriotism , but for the reward of Achilles ' horses and chariot . Although Dolon was quick on his feet , he was an incompetent spy and was captured almost at once by ...
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