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... took his fancy , and he adopted it as a weapon , and always used it , just as IIorakles used his lion's skin ; for the skin was a proof of how huge a beast the wearer had overcome , while the club , invincible in the hands of Theseus ...
... took his fancy , and he adopted it as a weapon , and always used it , just as IIorakles used his lion's skin ; for the skin was a proof of how huge a beast the wearer had overcome , while the club , invincible in the hands of Theseus ...
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... took no share in their afllic- tion , but endured to see them left childless , robbed of their own legitimate offspring , while ho made a foreigner and a bastard the heir to his kingdom . This voxed Theseus , and determining not to hold ...
... took no share in their afllic- tion , but endured to see them left childless , robbed of their own legitimate offspring , while ho made a foreigner and a bastard the heir to his kingdom . This voxed Theseus , and determining not to hold ...
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... took care of Ariadne , and comforted her in her bereave- ment , ment ; the Theseus , and rendering her assistance during her confine- Theseus , on his return , grieved much , and left money to Ariadne ; ho also set up two little statues ...
... took care of Ariadne , and comforted her in her bereave- ment , ment ; the Theseus , and rendering her assistance during her confine- Theseus , on his return , grieved much , and left money to Ariadne ; ho also set up two little statues ...
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... took part in the campaign against the Amazons , and received Antiope as the roward for his valour ; but most historians , among whom are Pherckydes , Hellanikus , and Herodorus , say that Theseus made an expedition of his own later than ...
... took part in the campaign against the Amazons , and received Antiope as the roward for his valour ; but most historians , among whom are Pherckydes , Hellanikus , and Herodorus , say that Theseus made an expedition of his own later than ...
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... took no part in any of them , except with the Lapitha in their fight with tho Centaurs ; though other writers say that ho went to Kolchis with Jason and took part with Molcager in the hunt of tho Kalydonian boar . out Theseus ; " also ...
... took no part in any of them , except with the Lapitha in their fight with tho Centaurs ; though other writers say that ho went to Kolchis with Jason and took part with Molcager in the hunt of tho Kalydonian boar . out Theseus ; " also ...
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