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Page 75
At the time of the Argo's arrival it was inhabited entirely by women. The Lemnians
were thrown into a panic at the sight of a ship approaching from the direction of
Thrace. They had reason to dread a Thracian invasion, or indeed any visitors at ...
At the time of the Argo's arrival it was inhabited entirely by women. The Lemnians
were thrown into a panic at the sight of a ship approaching from the direction of
Thrace. They had reason to dread a Thracian invasion, or indeed any visitors at ...
Page 77
Hypsipyle cautiously told him a false tale of how she and her women, dishonored
by their husbands with the Thracian women, had finally locked them out of the
city, upon which the men had gone to live in Thrace. She went on to invite the ...
Hypsipyle cautiously told him a false tale of how she and her women, dishonored
by their husbands with the Thracian women, had finally locked them out of the
city, upon which the men had gone to live in Thrace. She went on to invite the ...
Page 207
The women suckled kids or fawns, and sometimes tore them apart with their bare
hands and ritually ate them. To judge from characteristic representations of satyrs
in art, sexual license may also have been a part of the rites. Dionysus first met ...
The women suckled kids or fawns, and sometimes tore them apart with their bare
hands and ritually ate them. To judge from characteristic representations of satyrs
in art, sexual license may also have been a part of the rites. Dionysus first met ...
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