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Perhaps the first Greek to encounter the Amazons was lo , the Argive heifer - woman , as she was wandering through the regions surrounding the Black Sea . She found them living at Themiscyra ( now Termeh ) , on the Thermodon River ...
Perhaps the first Greek to encounter the Amazons was lo , the Argive heifer - woman , as she was wandering through the regions surrounding the Black Sea . She found them living at Themiscyra ( now Termeh ) , on the Thermodon River ...
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There is little doubt that Aphrodite , like Artemis , was originally a mothergoddess , of a type almost universally worshiped in the Near East and perhaps best known under the name of Ishtar or Astarte . This goddess had a male cult ...
There is little doubt that Aphrodite , like Artemis , was originally a mothergoddess , of a type almost universally worshiped in the Near East and perhaps best known under the name of Ishtar or Astarte . This goddess had a male cult ...
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With unusual straightforwardness , the oracle directed him to Mysia , where he not only found his mother but was adopted by Teuthras , who married Telephus to Argiope , his daughter ( perhaps by an earlier marriage ) .
With unusual straightforwardness , the oracle directed him to Mysia , where he not only found his mother but was adopted by Teuthras , who married Telephus to Argiope , his daughter ( perhaps by an earlier marriage ) .
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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
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| Title | Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology |
| Author | Edward Tripp |
| Published | 1970 |
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