CROWELL'S HANDBOOK OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY1970 |
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Page 113
... child . Whether the fa- ther was Melanion or Meleager or the god Ares is disputed . The embarrassed young woman exposed the child on Mount Parthenius , eager at all costs to preserve her reputation as a virgin . It was discovered by ...
... child . Whether the fa- ther was Melanion or Meleager or the god Ares is disputed . The embarrassed young woman exposed the child on Mount Parthenius , eager at all costs to preserve her reputation as a virgin . It was discovered by ...
Page 205
... child from Hermes and , with the approval of her husband , ATHA- MAS [ C ] , acted for a time as his nurse , agreeing to rear him as a girl , as Hermes requested , presumably in the vain hope of deceiving Hera . Hera hated the child and ...
... child from Hermes and , with the approval of her husband , ATHA- MAS [ C ] , acted for a time as his nurse , agreeing to rear him as a girl , as Hermes requested , presumably in the vain hope of deceiving Hera . Hera hated the child and ...
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... child , it would be a son who would rule heaven . Zeus emulated his father and swallowed Metis . In due course he had to be delivered of Metis ' first child . He called in Prome- theus or Hephaestus , who neatly split open Zeus's head ...
... child , it would be a son who would rule heaven . Zeus emulated his father and swallowed Metis . In due course he had to be delivered of Metis ' first child . He called in Prome- theus or Hephaestus , who neatly split open Zeus's head ...
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