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Page 105
... sacrifice of Agamemnon's fairest daughter . Some say that when the sacrifice was carried out , she substituted a deer on the altar and spirited Iphigeneia away to the land of the barbaric Taurians to be her priestess there . Some ...
... sacrifice of Agamemnon's fairest daughter . Some say that when the sacrifice was carried out , she substituted a deer on the altar and spirited Iphigeneia away to the land of the barbaric Taurians to be her priestess there . Some ...
Page 325
... sacrifice his daughter at Aulis to appease the anger of Artemis . The goddess substituted a deer for the girl on the ... sacrificed . Accounts disagree , too , on what happened to her next . Hesiod is said to have stated that she became ...
... sacrifice his daughter at Aulis to appease the anger of Artemis . The goddess substituted a deer for the girl on the ... sacrificed . Accounts disagree , too , on what happened to her next . Hesiod is said to have stated that she became ...
Page 359
... sacrificed without the formality of the drawing . The father pretended to accept this act of cruelty . Later he invited the king and his daughters to a solemn sacrifice that he was about to hold . Unable to come for the beginning of the ...
... sacrificed without the formality of the drawing . The father pretended to accept this act of cruelty . Later he invited the king and his daughters to a solemn sacrifice that he was about to hold . Unable to come for the beginning of the ...
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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