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A. After the disastrous expedition against Thebes , only Adrastus of the Argive chieftains remained alive . All but Eteoclus , however , left sons to avenge them . Adrastus had two , Aegialeus and Cyanippus ( who may have been his ...
A. After the disastrous expedition against Thebes , only Adrastus of the Argive chieftains remained alive . All but Eteoclus , however , left sons to avenge them . Adrastus had two , Aegialeus and Cyanippus ( who may have been his ...
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This island , Rhodes , became sacred to Helius , and he remained its patron god down to Classical times . The famous Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of him which stood near the harbor . Helius disputed the region of Corinth with ...
This island , Rhodes , became sacred to Helius , and he remained its patron god down to Classical times . The famous Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of him which stood near the harbor . Helius disputed the region of Corinth with ...
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When it failed , he remained with Achilles . At the end of the war he set out for Greece with Achilles ' son , Neoptolemus , but died on the journey . ( Homer , Iliad , 9.168–661 , 16.196 , 17.553-566 ; Apollodorus 3.13.8 , “ Epitome ...
When it failed , he remained with Achilles . At the end of the war he set out for Greece with Achilles ' son , Neoptolemus , but died on the journey . ( Homer , Iliad , 9.168–661 , 16.196 , 17.553-566 ; Apollodorus 3.13.8 , “ Epitome ...
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