CROWELL'S HANDBOOK OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY1970 |
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... Theogony , 346–352 , 958-962 . ] Eileithyia . A goddess of childbirth . Homer [ Iliad 11.269–272 , 19.103- 119 ] speaks of Eileithyiae , in the plural , saying that Hera would not allow these divine midwives , her daughters , to attend ...
... Theogony , 346–352 , 958-962 . ] Eileithyia . A goddess of childbirth . Homer [ Iliad 11.269–272 , 19.103- 119 ] speaks of Eileithyiae , in the plural , saying that Hera would not allow these divine midwives , her daughters , to attend ...
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... Theogony , 270-283 . See also references under PERSEUS . ] Gorgophone . The only daughter of Perseus and Andromeda . The genealo- gies of Gorgophone's husbands are hopelessly confused . According to one of the clearer versions , she ...
... Theogony , 270-283 . See also references under PERSEUS . ] Gorgophone . The only daughter of Perseus and Andromeda . The genealo- gies of Gorgophone's husbands are hopelessly confused . According to one of the clearer versions , she ...
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... Theogony , 383-388 . ] Zemelo . See SEMELE . Zephyrus or Zephyr . The west wind and god of the west wind . Zephyrus , like his brother Boreas , was often personified and played some part in myth . He was a son of Eos and Astraeüs . He ...
... Theogony , 383-388 . ] Zemelo . See SEMELE . Zephyrus or Zephyr . The west wind and god of the west wind . Zephyrus , like his brother Boreas , was often personified and played some part in myth . He was a son of Eos and Astraeüs . He ...
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