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It is intended not to expound the myths of Greece and Home, but to tell them in a
readable and convenient form. It is not concerned with cult; and it ventures into
interpretation of the myths only where description ofthe gods' functions makes ...
It is intended not to expound the myths of Greece and Home, but to tell them in a
readable and convenient form. It is not concerned with cult; and it ventures into
interpretation of the myths only where description ofthe gods' functions makes ...
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Eros, not yet the handsome young god of later myth, probably represented the
sexual force that would permit the work of ... the gods—particularly the
succession of ruling gods, each overthrowing his predecessor—were borrowed
from myths ...
Eros, not yet the handsome young god of later myth, probably represented the
sexual force that would permit the work of ... the gods—particularly the
succession of ruling gods, each overthrowing his predecessor—were borrowed
from myths ...
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Hygieia. A daughter of Asclepius. Hygieia has no myth, being merely an
abstraction. As an offspring of the god of healing, she personified health. Hyginus
. A Borneo mythographer. Almost nothing is known of Hyginus except that his
Fabulae, ...
Hygieia. A daughter of Asclepius. Hygieia has no myth, being merely an
abstraction. As an offspring of the god of healing, she personified health. Hyginus
. A Borneo mythographer. Almost nothing is known of Hyginus except that his
Fabulae, ...
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| Title | CROWELL'S HANDBOOK OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY |
| Author | EDWARD TRIPP |
| Published | 1970 |
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