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Page 165
... writers , including the Roman historian Tacitus , agree that he was a Cilician who migrated to Cyprus . Apollodorus says that he was a son of Sandocus , a Syrian descendant of Eos and Tithonus , and Pharnace , daughter of Megassares ...
... writers , including the Roman historian Tacitus , agree that he was a Cilician who migrated to Cyprus . Apollodorus says that he was a son of Sandocus , a Syrian descendant of Eos and Tithonus , and Pharnace , daughter of Megassares ...
Page 279
... writers have assumed that the king gave her to him as a reward for his services in the Minyan war . Other writers have said , however , that Heracles returned from this war to find that Creon had been murdered and his throne usurped by ...
... writers have assumed that the king gave her to him as a reward for his services in the Minyan war . Other writers have said , however , that Heracles returned from this war to find that Creon had been murdered and his throne usurped by ...
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... writers attributed this accident to the jealousy of Zephyrus , the West Wind , yet a third lover of the boy . ) From the blood of the dying youth sprang a flower that bore on its petals the syllables of lament ai ai ! Apollo decreed ...
... writers attributed this accident to the jealousy of Zephyrus , the West Wind , yet a third lover of the boy . ) From the blood of the dying youth sprang a flower that bore on its petals the syllables of lament ai ai ! Apollo decreed ...
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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