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Hi name inspired such terror that the suitors of Penelope used it to threaten
beggars. [Apollonius Rhodius 41092—1095; Homer, Odys. 8.8 -8 . sey
Echizdnaflh monster. Described by Hesiod as half nymph, half speckled snake,
Echidna lived ...
Hi name inspired such terror that the suitors of Penelope used it to threaten
beggars. [Apollonius Rhodius 41092—1095; Homer, Odys. 8.8 -8 . sey
Echizdnaflh monster. Described by Hesiod as half nymph, half speckled snake,
Echidna lived ...
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See NYMPH. Narcissus. The son of the nymph Leiriope by the river-god
Cephissus. When Leiriope asked the then little-known seer Teiresias if her
newborn son would live a long life, he replied, "If he never know himself.” This
seemingly ...
See NYMPH. Narcissus. The son of the nymph Leiriope by the river-god
Cephissus. When Leiriope asked the then little-known seer Teiresias if her
newborn son would live a long life, he replied, "If he never know himself.” This
seemingly ...
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Nycteus and Lycus were sons of Chthonius, one of the Sparti, or of Hyrieus by the
nymph Clonia, or of Poseidon by the Pleiad Celaeno. Although Chthonius was a
Theban ally of Cadmus, his sons, for some unrecorded reason, grew up in ...
Nycteus and Lycus were sons of Chthonius, one of the Sparti, or of Hyrieus by the
nymph Clonia, or of Poseidon by the Pleiad Celaeno. Although Chthonius was a
Theban ally of Cadmus, his sons, for some unrecorded reason, grew up in ...
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| Title | CROWELL'S HANDBOOK OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY |
| Author | EDWARD TRIPP |
| Published | 1970 |
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