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... called the Pillars of Briareus , as the magnetical , gigantic , primeval power , etc. The Idaic Dactyls and the Batyli belong to the mythic circle of Dioscuri . As these , according to Strabo , stood in relation to iron , while the ...
... called the Pillars of Briareus , as the magnetical , gigantic , primeval power , etc. The Idaic Dactyls and the Batyli belong to the mythic circle of Dioscuri . As these , according to Strabo , stood in relation to iron , while the ...
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... called the Dioscuri , Lacedemonian stones . It is very remarkable , too , that in Pliny's time the betrothal ring at Rome must be one of iron ; as earlier in Athens , the newly married , under the name of Anakes , brought offerings to ...
... called the Dioscuri , Lacedemonian stones . It is very remarkable , too , that in Pliny's time the betrothal ring at Rome must be one of iron ; as earlier in Athens , the newly married , under the name of Anakes , brought offerings to ...
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... called Horus , and by the Grecians Apollo ; and soon afterwards , that the Egyptians often call Isis by the name of Athene ; and , indeed , with an expression which means , " I came through myself , " - which clearly denotes an original ...
... called Horus , and by the Grecians Apollo ; and soon afterwards , that the Egyptians often call Isis by the name of Athene ; and , indeed , with an expression which means , " I came through myself , " - which clearly denotes an original ...
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... called the sender of fatal missiles as well as the creative , life- exciting god , and the god who at once cripples the strength of men , as I have repeatedly found confirmed to the letter in the influence of the sun on magnetic ...
... called the sender of fatal missiles as well as the creative , life- exciting god , and the god who at once cripples the strength of men , as I have repeatedly found confirmed to the letter in the influence of the sun on magnetic ...
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... called protogenos in the hymn of Orpheus to Rhea , and moλvμóppov , and in so far he appears to have a synonymous meaning with the enigmatical Proteus , the assumer of many forms , the SYMBOLIC MEANING OF MYTHOLOGIC FABLE . 39 Symbolic ...
... called protogenos in the hymn of Orpheus to Rhea , and moλvμóppov , and in so far he appears to have a synonymous meaning with the enigmatical Proteus , the assumer of many forms , the SYMBOLIC MEANING OF MYTHOLOGIC FABLE . 39 Symbolic ...
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