CROWELL'S HANDBOOK OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY |
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Page 273
He once pursued the goddess Athena on the Athenian acropolis . Wishing to
remain virginal , she fought him off and his semen spilled onto the ground . From
it grew Erichthonius , the half - serpent progenitor of Athenian kings . Hephaestus
...
He once pursued the goddess Athena on the Athenian acropolis . Wishing to
remain virginal , she fought him off and his semen spilled onto the ground . From
it grew Erichthonius , the half - serpent progenitor of Athenian kings . Hephaestus
...
Page 415
After a last night with her , Odysseus set out once more on the high seas , borne
along by a breeze that Calypso caused to spring up . Some say that he left
behind on the island two sons , Nausinoüs and Nausithoüs . Hyginus ( Fabulae
127 ) ...
After a last night with her , Odysseus set out once more on the high seas , borne
along by a breeze that Calypso caused to spring up . Some say that he left
behind on the island two sons , Nausinoüs and Nausithoüs . Hyginus ( Fabulae
127 ) ...
Page 505
Then , though the openhearted girl showered them with presents , they were
consumed with envy and at once began to plot her destruction . That night
Psyche's husband told her that she would bear a divine child if she remembered
her ...
Then , though the openhearted girl showered them with presents , they were
consumed with envy and at once began to plot her destruction . That night
Psyche's husband told her that she would bear a divine child if she remembered
her ...
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