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... snake . Only one of Cadmus ' children - his son , Polydorus -- did not come to grief . Harmonia bore Cadmus four ... snake . More probably it was a sign of perpetual honor , for the spirit of a dead hero was widely believed to return in ...
... snake . Only one of Cadmus ' children - his son , Polydorus -- did not come to grief . Harmonia bore Cadmus four ... snake . More probably it was a sign of perpetual honor , for the spirit of a dead hero was widely believed to return in ...
Page 181
... snake . Others claim that he bred the snake , which , when it was driven from Salamis by Eurylochus , went to the nearby mainland at Eleusis and was taken by the goddess Demeter as her attendant . Cychreus is said to have appeared to ...
... snake . Others claim that he bred the snake , which , when it was driven from Salamis by Eurylochus , went to the nearby mainland at Eleusis and was taken by the goddess Demeter as her attendant . Cychreus is said to have appeared to ...
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... snake that was ravaging a part of Lydia . Omphale is said by some Roman writers to have made Heracles wear efseminate dress and even to spin during his servitude . After three years she freed , and perhaps married , him . She bore one ...
... snake that was ravaging a part of Lydia . Omphale is said by some Roman writers to have made Heracles wear efseminate dress and even to spin during his servitude . After three years she freed , and perhaps married , him . She bore one ...
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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