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Theseus and his friend Peirithoüs , eager to marry daughters of Zeus , carried off
Helen to the city of Aphidnae , in Attica , to become Theseus ' bride . The Dioscuri
waited until Theseus was away on another adventure , then captured Aphidnae ...
Theseus and his friend Peirithoüs , eager to marry daughters of Zeus , carried off
Helen to the city of Aphidnae , in Attica , to become Theseus ' bride . The Dioscuri
waited until Theseus was away on another adventure , then captured Aphidnae ...
Page 257
He therefore advised his brother to carry off the girl by force . Hades , emerging
from the earth in his four - horse chariot , snatched Persephone up as she was
picking Aowers and carried her down to his home . Eventually Demeter forced
Zeus ...
He therefore advised his brother to carry off the girl by force . Hades , emerging
from the earth in his four - horse chariot , snatched Persephone up as she was
picking Aowers and carried her down to his home . Eventually Demeter forced
Zeus ...
Page 571
This misfortune occurred when , getting drunk during the festivities , the Centaurs
tried to carry off the Lapith women ... customary common sense deserted him
during the last years of his life and the two enterprises that the pair carried out ...
This misfortune occurred when , getting drunk during the festivities , the Centaurs
tried to carry off the Lapith women ... customary common sense deserted him
during the last years of his life and the two enterprises that the pair carried out ...
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| Title | CROWELL'S HANDBOOK OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY |
| Author | EDWARD TRIPP |
| Published | 1970 |
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