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Page 62
Afterward Apollo returned to Delphi to take over the oracle . This oracle had
originally belonged to Ge , or to Ge and Poseidon . More recently it had been in
the hands of another earth - goddess , Themis , who , some say , willingly turned
it ...
Afterward Apollo returned to Delphi to take over the oracle . This oracle had
originally belonged to Ge , or to Ge and Poseidon . More recently it had been in
the hands of another earth - goddess , Themis , who , some say , willingly turned
it ...
Page 192
Accounts of the founding of Delphi are contradictory , but most Greeks agreed in
general on the history of the oracle that made the city famous . This oracle
originally belonged to Ge ( Earth ) , though some say that she shared it with
Poseidon ...
Accounts of the founding of Delphi are contradictory , but most Greeks agreed in
general on the history of the oracle that made the city famous . This oracle
originally belonged to Ge ( Earth ) , though some say that she shared it with
Poseidon ...
Page 588
They were told to ask the advice of the oracle of Trophonius at their own city of
Lebadeia . Surprised , they retraced their steps as far as this not very important
town , but found no one who had heard of the oracle . At that point , Saön , one of
the ...
They were told to ask the advice of the oracle of Trophonius at their own city of
Lebadeia . Surprised , they retraced their steps as far as this not very important
town , but found no one who had heard of the oracle . At that point , Saön , one of
the ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Meridian Handbook of Classical Mythology A Meridian book |
| Author | Edward Tripp |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | New American Library, 1974 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Jul 2011 |
| ISBN | 0452009278, 9780452009271 |
| Length | 631 pages |
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