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... , and there is a painting of their action with the Galati . And the region which the people of Pergamum inhabit was in old times , they say , sacred to the Cabiri . And they claim to be Arcadians who crossed over with 8 PAUSANIAS .
... , and there is a painting of their action with the Galati . And the region which the people of Pergamum inhabit was in old times , they say , sacred to the Cabiri . And they claim to be Arcadians who crossed over with 8 PAUSANIAS .
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... sacred to to the god . And near Cichyrus there is a marsh called · Acherusia and the river Acheron , and there too flows Cocytus with most unpleasant stream . And I fancy that Homer , having seen these , ventured to introduce them in ...
... sacred to to the god . And near Cichyrus there is a marsh called · Acherusia and the river Acheron , and there too flows Cocytus with most unpleasant stream . And I fancy that Homer , having seen these , ventured to introduce them in ...
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... sacred to several gods , and there is an altar also on its banks to the Muses . The place is also shewn where the Peloponnesians slew Codrus , the son of Melanthus , the king of Athens . After you cross the Ilissus is a place called ...
... sacred to several gods , and there is an altar also on its banks to the Muses . The place is also shewn where the Peloponnesians slew Codrus , the son of Melanthus , the king of Athens . After you cross the Ilissus is a place called ...
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... sacred precincts are two shrines of Dionysus and two statues of him , one by Eleuthereus , and one by Alcamenes in ivory and gold . There is a painting also of Dionysus taking Hephaestus to Heaven . And this is the story the Greeks tell ...
... sacred precincts are two shrines of Dionysus and two statues of him , one by Eleuthereus , and one by Alcamenes in ivory and gold . There is a painting also of Dionysus taking Hephaestus to Heaven . And this is the story the Greeks tell ...
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... Sacred to Athene is all the rest of Athens , and similarly all Attica : for although they worship different gods in different townships , none the less do they honour Athene generally . And the most sacred of all is the statue of Athene ...
... Sacred to Athene is all the rest of Athens , and similarly all Attica : for although they worship different gods in different townships , none the less do they honour Athene generally . And the most sacred of all is the statue of Athene ...
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Achæans Achilles Ægina afterwards altar ancient Antigonus Aphrodite Apollo Arcadians Argives Argolis Argos Aristodemus Aristomenes army Artemis Asopus Athene Athenians Attica battle boys brazen statue built buried called capture Castor and Pollux CHAPTER chariot Cleomenes Corinth Corinthians daughter death Delphi Demeter Demetrius descendants Dionysus Dorians Edited Elis erected Esculapius father fight fled fought goddess gods Greece Greeks Hera Hercules Hermes hero hero-chapel Homer honour horses Iliad Ilium inscription island Isthmian games Ithome killed king kingdom Lacedæmon Lacedæmonians Macedonians Megarians Messene Messenians Nemea nians Olympia oracle pancratium Pausanias Peloponnese Pelops pentathlum pillar Poseidon priestess Ptolemy Pylos Pyrrhus Pythian race reign river sacrifice Sicyon Sicyonians sons Sparta stades statue of Zeus stone Temenus temple of Athene Thebans Thebes Theopompus Theseus tomb took town tradition Translated Trozen victor at Olympia victory vols votive offering won the prize wooden statue wrestling Zeus
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