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... returned home when the harvest was being gathered in . And the women called supper - carriers join in carrying them and partake of the sacrifice , in imitation of the mothers of those who were drawn by lot ; for they used continually to ...
... returned home when the harvest was being gathered in . And the women called supper - carriers join in carrying them and partake of the sacrifice , in imitation of the mothers of those who were drawn by lot ; for they used continually to ...
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... returned to Athens , where he found that his party was not yet overpowered . Whatever consecrated grounds had been set apart for him by the city , ho dedicated to Herakles , and called Heraklca instead of Thesca , except four ...
... returned to Athens , where he found that his party was not yet overpowered . Whatever consecrated grounds had been set apart for him by the city , ho dedicated to Herakles , and called Heraklca instead of Thesca , except four ...
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... returned home and resumed their rightful sovereignty . In sub- sequent times , among many other things which led tho Athenians to honour Theseus as a hero or demi - god , most remarkable was his appearance at the battle of Marathon ...
... returned home and resumed their rightful sovereignty . In sub- sequent times , among many other things which led tho Athenians to honour Theseus as a hero or demi - god , most remarkable was his appearance at the battle of Marathon ...
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... returned , the people returned to the place again , and searched in vain for Romulus , but were told by the nobles not to trouble themselves to look for him , but to pray to Romulus and reverence him , for propitious god for them ...
... returned , the people returned to the place again , and searched in vain for Romulus , but were told by the nobles not to trouble themselves to look for him , but to pray to Romulus and reverence him , for propitious god for them ...
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... returned from travel said that they had met Aristeas walking along the road to Kroton . Klcomedes , we are told , was a man of unusual size and strength , but stupid and half - crazy , who did many deeds of violence , and at last in a ...
... returned from travel said that they had met Aristeas walking along the road to Kroton . Klcomedes , we are told , was a man of unusual size and strength , but stupid and half - crazy , who did many deeds of violence , and at last in a ...
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