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Page 159
... Eteocles . And on his return he quarrelled with Eteocles , and went into exile a second time . And having begged of Adrastus a force to restore him , he lost his army and challenged Eteocles to single combat . And he and his brother ...
... Eteocles . And on his return he quarrelled with Eteocles , and went into exile a second time . And having begged of Adrastus a force to restore him , he lost his army and challenged Eteocles to single combat . And he and his brother ...
Page 165
... Eteocles . And still at Thebes I know they choose annually a lad of good family , good looking and strong , as priest to Ismenian Apollo : his title is laurel - bearer , because these lads wear crowns of laurel - leaves . I do not know ...
... Eteocles . And still at Thebes I know they choose annually a lad of good family , good looking and strong , as priest to Ismenian Apollo : his title is laurel - bearer , because these lads wear crowns of laurel - leaves . I do not know ...
Page 187
... Eteocles which was blazing . When you have crossed the river called Dirce from the wife of Lycus , ( about this Dirco there is a tradition that she defamed Antiope and was consequently killed by the sons of Antiope ) , there are ruins ...
... Eteocles which was blazing . When you have crossed the river called Dirce from the wife of Lycus , ( about this Dirco there is a tradition that she defamed Antiope and was consequently killed by the sons of Antiope ) , there are ruins ...
Page 204
... Eteocles , who according to the poets was the son of the river Cephisus , so that some of them called him Cephisiades in their poems . When Eteocles became king he allowed the country to keep its name Andreis , but established two ...
... Eteocles , who according to the poets was the son of the river Cephisus , so that some of them called him Cephisiades in their poems . When Eteocles became king he allowed the country to keep its name Andreis , but established two ...
Page 205
... Eteocles of Orchomenus we are accustomed now to pray to three Graces : and Angelion and Tecteus who made a statue of Apollo at Delos have placed three Graces in his hand ; and at Athens at the entrance to the Acropolis there are also ...
... Eteocles of Orchomenus we are accustomed now to pray to three Graces : and Angelion and Tecteus who made a statue of Apollo at Delos have placed three Graces in his hand ; and at Athens at the entrance to the Acropolis there are also ...
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