CROWELL'S HANDBOOK OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY |
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After contemptuously killing Dolon , the two Greeks took his advice . Eumedes , a
grandson of Dolon , later accompanied Aeneas to Italy . Dolon appears in
Euripides ' Rhesus as a braver man than he seems in the famous passage in
Homer's ...
After contemptuously killing Dolon , the two Greeks took his advice . Eumedes , a
grandson of Dolon , later accompanied Aeneas to Italy . Dolon appears in
Euripides ' Rhesus as a braver man than he seems in the famous passage in
Homer's ...
Page 247
In some cases they seem merely to carry out the will of the gods , in others even
Zeus bows to their will . ... The metaphor of spinning used repeatedly by Homer in
speaking of the gods allotting destinies to men seems to have given rise to ...
In some cases they seem merely to carry out the will of the gods , in others even
Zeus bows to their will . ... The metaphor of spinning used repeatedly by Homer in
speaking of the gods allotting destinies to men seems to have given rise to ...
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Certain myths laid in Egypt or Ethiopia seem properly to belong to Syria . Syria
also ... Talthybius ' fate , at least in surviving Classical literature , seems to have
been forever to perform disagreeable duties that he did not quite approve off .
Certain myths laid in Egypt or Ethiopia seem properly to belong to Syria . Syria
also ... Talthybius ' fate , at least in surviving Classical literature , seems to have
been forever to perform disagreeable duties that he did not quite approve off .
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