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56 APHRODITE Aphidnae or Aphidna. A town in Attica northwest of Marathon.
When Theseus abducted Helen from Sparta, he hid her at Aphidnae. Her
brothers the Dioscuri, recovered her by force. Aphrodite. A goddess of erotic love,
...
56 APHRODITE Aphidnae or Aphidna. A town in Attica northwest of Marathon.
When Theseus abducted Helen from Sparta, he hid her at Aphidnae. Her
brothers the Dioscuri, recovered her by force. Aphrodite. A goddess of erotic love,
...
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APHRODITE mitted the quarrel to the Muse Calliope for arbitration. Calliope
decreed that Adonis, now a handsome youth, should spend a part of the year
with each goddess. Aphrodite punished Calliope's fair-mindedness by musing
the death ...
APHRODITE mitted the quarrel to the Muse Calliope for arbitration. Calliope
decreed that Adonis, now a handsome youth, should spend a part of the year
with each goddess. Aphrodite punished Calliope's fair-mindedness by musing
the death ...
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APIIRODITE in the stars and the doves were universally held sacred to the
goddess, both as the Syrian Goddess and as Aphrodite. The Greeks had always
known that Aphrodite was an Asiatic goddess. Herodotus stated that the oldest
shrine ...
APIIRODITE in the stars and the doves were universally held sacred to the
goddess, both as the Syrian Goddess and as Aphrodite. The Greeks had always
known that Aphrodite was an Asiatic goddess. Herodotus stated that the oldest
shrine ...
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| Title | CROWELL'S HANDBOOK OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY |
| Author | EDWARD TRIPP |
| Published | 1970 |
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