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definitive story. However, hero cults may be a case where they collide positively. First, despite the numerous written accounts of these heroes, hero shrines are few in number and peculiar in pattern. This is proof that the cults were widespread on Greece, with multiple cities having their own iterations of each Hero to fit their own needs.
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Olympus, but rather they would go down into and become one with the earth. This impacted not only how the Greeks treated the Heroes, but thought about them in a political sense. They were respected and worshiped, but could even at times turn vicious if ignored and be the supposed cause of diseases or mishaps.
1082:, these mounds could have had any 1 of 3 main components, composed in a staircase-like format, within the mound. This staircase like structure may have 1 or 2 steps that would help carry out various ceremonial functions as well as serve as storing places for valuable items. The first step would be used for
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combine to depict heroines as similar in kind to heroes, but in androcentric Greek culture, typically of lesser stature. This is consistent with the role that women played in not only
Ancient Greece, but the ancient world as a whole — more in the shadows and service-oriented than focused on personal
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The term 'hero' had a technical sense in Greek religion: a hero was a figure less powerful than a god, to whom cult was paid. He was normally conceived as a mortal who had died, and the typical site of such a cult was a tomb. But various kinds of minor supernatural figure came to be assimilated to
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Only
Laconia has evidence of assigning its shrines to specific heroes meaning that the rest of the shrines were not to any one specific hero but allowed for worship to a hero via one shrine. Unlike the Roman beliefs it was thought that the Heroes did not ascend to the skies and be with the gods of
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Another way in which the Cults were used was for political propaganda and manipulation. Sparta's propping up of many hero cults was out of recognition of the fact that their population reacted to them in such a way that would allow them to use the hero shrines as political propaganda. For example,
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that plays a role in much of what we know about them today has all come from either written accounts or archeological findings. In fact, in many cases both types of evidence may contradict each other. Written evidence can be biased or incomplete, and archeological findings do not always tell us a
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were related. In the hero's restricted and local scope he "retained the limited and partisan interests of his mortal life. He would help those who lived in the vicinity of his tomb or who belonged to the tribe of which he himself was the founder," observes Robert Parker, with the reservation that
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and the ashes piled in after that while the second step would hold any votives or items of sentimental value. Then the whole thing would be covered by a giant mound. In the case of the
Athenian monument they also surrounded it with tall, skinny stone slabs that may read an honoring message or be
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believed that, because of the fact hero cults are often not found in a hero's home territory, there is a greater chance that the cults were widespread and common among most Greeks. Whereas other cults may be ancestral dating back to even the 8th century.
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in 490 BC. The
Athenians, having defeated the Persians, needed to bury their dead. 192 dead in total, they were buried on the same field on which they had died and under a giant mound. This particular mound became what is known as the
1602:"The cult of Heroes everywhere has the same features as the cult of ancestors... the remains of a true cult of ancestors provided the model and were the real starting-point for the later belief and cult of Heroes." Rohde 1925:125.
627:. "Coldstream believed the currency of epic would account for votives in Dorian areas, where an alien, immigrant population might otherwise be expected to show no particular reverence for Mycenaean predecessors". Large Mycenaean
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Inscriptions reveal that offerings were still being made to the heroised dead in the first century BC; the tumulus is discussed in
Whitley, "The Monuments that stood before Marathon: Tomb cult and hero cult in Archaic Attica"
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Penelope became a moral heroine for later generations, the embodiment of goodness and chastity, to be contrasted with the faithless, murdering
Clytaemnestra, Agamemnon's wife; but 'hero' has no feminine gender in the age of
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Hero cults were offered most prominently to men, though in practice the experience of the votary was of propitiating a cluster of family figures, which included women who were wives of a hero-husband, mothers of a hero-son
1168:'s name means "the glory of Hera", even though he was tormented all his life by the queen of the gods. This was even truer in their cult appearances. Perhaps the most striking example is the Athenian king Erechtheus, whom
589:, even though the names of the grandly buried dead were hardly remembered. "Stories began to be told to individuate the persons who were now believed to be buried in these old and imposing sites", observes
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evolved, they became a civic rather than familial affair, and in many cases none of the worshipers traced their descent back to the hero any longer: no shrine to a hero can be traced unbroken from
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times. Whereas the ancestor was purely local, Lewis
Farnell observed, the hero might be tended in more than one locality, and he deduced that hero-cult was more deeply influenced from the
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might also be mentioned. "Such historical examples," Whitley warns, "have clearly colored the interpretation of certain tomb cults in the
Archaic period." Such Archaic sites as the
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saying advises not to eat food that has fallen on the floor, because "it belongs to the heroes". Heroes if ignored or left unappeased could turn malicious: in a fragmentary play by
1738:"Heroine cults fit well into our modern view of ancient Greek culture as firmly androcentric, though not as androcentric as some would have had us believe" (Larson 1995:144).
708:, because the hero was not thought of as having ascended to Olympus or become a god: he was beneath the earth, and his power purely local. For this reason hero cults were
1075:. These mounds began popping up all over Greece as a gesture of respect to the dead, and as many scholars believe, it was also a way to connect them with the earth.
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lay burial mounds. Sometimes on ancient battlefields or just in a frequently visited common area lay giant mounds of earth. Scholars call these mounds "
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These are represented archaeologically by Iron Age deposits in
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gave the pre-literate Greeks of the 10th and 9th centuries BC a sense of a once grand and now vanished age; they reflected this in the oral
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Some of the earliest hero and heroine cults well attested by archaeological evidence in mainland Greece include the
Menelaion dedicated to
701:(490 BC), to whom chthonic cult was dedicated, as the offering trenches indicate. On the other hand, Greek heroes were distinct from the
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cannot be distinguished by archaeological methods from family observances at tombs (tomb cults) and the cult of ancestors.
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rites appeased their spirits and induced them to continue to favour the people who looked to them as founders, of whom
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that betokened a grander past, were often the site of hero-cults. Not all heroes were even known by names.
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Heroenkulte in Griechenland von der geometrischen bis zur klassischen Zeit: Attika, Argolis, Messenien
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Pavlides, Nicolette. "Hero-Cult in Archaic and Classical Sparta: A Study of Local Religion".
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presences, and second, that figures such as Odysseus, Agamemnon and Menelaus all have strong
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Carla M. Antonaccio, "Contesting the Past: Hero Cult, Tomb Cult, and Epic in Early Greece"
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Offerings to a deified hero and another deity, depicted on a Greek marble relief ca. 300 BC
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The Best of the Achaeans: Concepts of the Hero in Archaic Greek Poetry
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Psyche: The Cult of Souls and Belief in Immortality among the Greeks
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An Archaeology of Ancestors: Tomb Cult and Hero Cult in Early Greece
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interpreted the final stage, in which hero-cult was co-opted by the
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An Archaeology of Ancestors: Tomb and Hero Cult in Ancient Greece,
1716:(University of Wisconsin Press) 1995, has marshalled the evidence.
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Gender and Immortality: Heroines in Ancient Greek Myth and Cult
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in nature, and their rituals more closely resembled those for
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man, venerated and propitiated at his tomb or at a designated
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Whitley does not address this group of local cults where an
798:. These all seem to date to the 8th century BC. The cult of
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1208:– Legendary hero of the Trojan War, from the Greek Achilles
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30:"Cult hero" redirects here. For the Cure side project, see
1003:, continuity appears to be broken. A sherd from above the
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1586:(1995); I. Morris, "Tomb cult and the Greek Renaissance"
947:. Whitley makes two points here, first that the earliest
874:
distinguishes four or five essential types of hero cult:
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the first woman, whose curiosity brought evil to mankind
573:, which would become famous by way of works such as the
1099:
Much of the scholarship that has been done surrounding
1647:
Transactions of the American Philological Association
1544:
The Oxford History of Greece and the Hellenistic World
1547:. Oxford: Oxford University Press (published 2001).
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as a political gesture, in the archaic aristocratic
2109:
601:Greek hero-cults were distinct from the clan-based
84:
Theseus slays the Minotaur under the gaze of Athena
951:associate the male hero with earlier and stronger
7306:Classical mythology in western art and literature
7344:
623:a connection to Mycenaean heroes, according to
1620:Coldstream, "Hero cults in the age of Homer",
2078:
1584:Homer's World: Fiction, Tradition and Reality
1520:Parker gives a concise and clear synopsis of
1094:
514:were one of the most distinctive features of
492:
1645:R. K. Hack, "Homer and the cult of heroes",
27:Devotion to a hero in ancient Greek religion
2050:The Sacrificial Rituals of Greek Hero-Cults
1929:
1762:Religion and Colonization in Ancient Greece
4670:
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1792:
802:at Olympia dates from the Archaic period.
605:from which they developed, in that as the
499:
485:
1968:Greek Hero-Cults and Ideas of Immortality
1780:, adduced by Whitley 1994:222 and note 44
565:(large burial mounds) remaining from the
558:, the most prominent, but atypical hero.
862:
633:
36:
7328:Modern understanding of Greek mythology
3947:
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1403:– he fathered the famous hero Achilles.
846:has been reduced to a mortal figure of
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819:), and daughters of a hero-father. As
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1294:who presided over the cultivation of
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3720:Oracle of Apollo Thyrxeus at Cyaneae
1914:
697:, erected by Athens to the cremated
7368:Hellenistic philosophy and religion
1049:
927:and that close to the West Gate at
24:
7323:Greek mythology in popular culture
2671:Relationship with Greek philosophy
2612:Religions of the ancient Near East
1860:Antonaccio, Carla M. (July 1994).
1848:
1783:
1284:– the Phoenician founder of Thebes
1194:List of Greek mythological figures
25:
7379:
6064:Necromanteion (necromancy temple)
2756:Religious views of emperor Julian
1979:BICS supplement 57) London, 1989.
1187:
893:at the grave of the founder, the
881:of founders. Such cults arose in
735:Two exceptions to the above were
1933:Alexander the Great: Man and God
1917:University of Edinburgh Classics
1729:(1954; rev. ed. 1978), pp. 32ff.
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1866:American Journal of Archaeology
1814:American Journal of Archaeology
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1689:American Journal of Archaeology
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1663:American Journal of Archaeology
1622:Journal of the Hellenic Society
1156:to their theft of the bones of
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903:(V.11.1) gives the example of
883:colonies in the Hellenic world
13:
1:
2607:Proto-Indo-European mythology
2057:Pindar and the Cult of Heroes
1953:
1808:Whitley, James (April 1994).
1529:(1986). "Greek Religion". In
1498:Relics in classical antiquity
1463:Imperial cult of ancient Rome
1152:attributed their conquest of
1033:developed, as in the case of
6381:Greek mythological creatures
2907:Funeral and burial practices
2022:Ancient Greek Cults: A Guide
855:development and relaxation.
536:
7:
3740:Sanctuary of the Great Gods
3730:Oracle of Artemis at Ikaros
1441:
1223:pupil of the centaur Chiron
1202:– Greek river god, Achelous
10:
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6386:Greek mythological figures
3725:Oracle of Apollo at Ptoion
3669:Temple of Artemis, Ephesus
3147:Greek terracotta figurines
2528:Papyrus Graecus Holmiensis
1936:. Routledge. p. 126.
1793:Waterfield, Robin (1998).
1191:
1160:from the Arcadian town of
1095:Heroes, politics, and gods
993:Cults at Bronze Age tombs.
959:connections. The cults of
943:and other episodes of the
794:'s Polis Bay dedicated to
699:citizen-heroes of Marathon
528:
41:Ruins of a hero-shrine or
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2143:Ancient accounts of Homer
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1988:The Heroes of the Greeks,
1930:Worthington, Ian (2014).
1140:for voting, he consulted
823:observed of the world of
464:Ancient Greece portal
448:List of Mycenaean deities
6071:Necromanteion of Acheron
6055:Ploutonion at Hierapolis
3634:Necromanteion of Acheron
2510:Interpretation of Dreams
1795:Herodotus: The Histories
1578:Carla Maria Antonaccio,
1508:
646:amphora, ca. 380–70 BC (
5204:(Castor and Polydeuces)
3674:Temple of Zeus, Olympia
3135:Chryselephantine statue
2830:New religious movements
1694:.2 (April 1994:213–30).
1668:.3 (July 1994:389–410).
1488:Shen (Chinese religion)
7363:Ancient Greek religion
2820:Samothracian Mysteries
2602:Paleo-Balkan mythology
2113:and religious practice
2094:Ancient Greek religion
1764:(Leiden) 1987:189–266.
1712:Jennifer Lynn Larson,
1180:, they invoked him as
1087:dedicated to any one ‘
979:Cults to local heroes.
935:Cults to named heroes.
868:
834:
651:
516:ancient Greek religion
443:Ancient Greek religion
53:
3880:Athenian sacred ships
3690:Amphiareion of Oropos
2919:Greco-Roman mysteries
2653:Hellenistic religions
1727:The World of Odysseus
1337:Ptolemy IV Philopator
1192:Further information:
866:
829:
706:cult of dead emperors
637:
352:Ancient Olympic Games
40:
7103:Necklace of Harmonia
6930:Orpheus and Eurydice
6910:Calydonian boar hunt
6106:Isles of the Blessed
5359:Seven against Thebes
3735:Oracle of Menestheus
3225:Greek Magical Papyri
2795:Eleusinian Mysteries
2772:and sacred mysteries
2492:Greek Magical Papyri
2218:Interpretatio graeca
2198:Greek words for love
1975:The Heroes of Attica
1760:cults is I. Malkin,
1636:Antonaccio 1994:395.
1292:Eleusinian mysteries
1172:killed for choosing
1027:Oracular hero cults.
670:or sanctuary, where
561:The grand ruins and
393:Calydonian boar hunt
340:Eleusinian Mysteries
7178:Trident of Poseidon
7143:Philosopher's stone
7053:Girdle of Aphrodite
6925:Labours of Heracles
6309:Cap of invisibility
5785:Messapian shepherds
4983:Other major deities
4968:Hermes Trismegistus
3926:Theatre of Dionysus
3838:Islands of Diomedes
3797:Cave of Zeus, Aydın
3172:Panathenaic amphora
3043:Amphictyonic league
2790:Dionysian Mysteries
2706:Hellenistic Judaism
2541:Sortes Astrampsychi
2024:(2007). Routledge.
2015:Greek Heroine Cults
1774:Heinrich Schliemann
1756:A general study of
1714:Greek Heroine Cults
1611:Farnell 1921:283ff.
1421:Philippus of Croton
1242:Alexander the Great
1182:Poseidon Erechtheus
1058:and sometimes into
997:Bronze Age collapse
840:, an archaic local
806:Heroes and heroines
597:Nature of hero cult
7148:Shield of Achilles
6323:Animals, daemons,
6101:Fields of Asphodel
5845:Polybus of Corinth
5349:Calydonian hunters
3973:Primordial deities
3828:Island of Achilles
3771:Mount Ida (Turkey)
3182:Sacrificial tripod
2866:Religious practice
2780:Arcadian Mysteries
2661:Early Christianity
2590:Mycenaean religion
2454:Catalogue of Women
1966:Lewis R. Farnell,
1959:Carla Antonaccio,
1919:– via JSTOR.
1747:Whitley1994:220ff.
1068:Battle of Marathon
1039:Battle of Marathon
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859:Types of hero cult
652:
132:Heroes and heroism
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6935:Returns from Troy
6920:Judgment of Paris
6905:Apollo and Daphne
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6633:Mares of Diomedes
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4894:Messenger deities
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3544:Panhellenic Games
3529:Panathenaic Games
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2810:Mysteries of Isis
2800:Imbrian Mysteries
2770:Mystery religions
2736:Etruscan religion
2564:
2563:
2030:978-0-415-32448-9
2020:Jennifer Larson,
2013:Jennifer Larson,
1943:978-1-317-86644-2
1503:Chinese hero cult
1493:Thracian religion
1078:Most commonly in
999:and the earliest
790:, and another in
509:
508:
16:(Redirected from
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7254:Rod of Asclepius
7021:Apple of Discord
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6618:Erymanthian boar
6527:Horses of Helios
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4064:First generation
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7353:Greek hero cult
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7209:Bowl of Hygieia
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7153:Shirt of Nessus
7138:Phaeacian ships
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6915:Eros and Psyche
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6588:Calydonian boar
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1970:(Oxford), 1921.
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70:Greek mythology
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32:I'm a Cult Hero
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5756:
5751:
5746:
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5260:
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5179:
5174:
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5139:
5134:
5129:
5127:Ajax the Great
5124:
5119:
5114:
5109:
5104:
5098:
5096:
5089:
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4772:Health deities
4769:
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4573:Gynaecothoenas
4570:
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4448:Hermaphroditus
4445:
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3993:
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3898:
3897:
3896:
3889:
3876:
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3870:
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3866:
3864:Pierian Spring
3861:
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3850:
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3583:
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3574:
3572:Isthmian Games
3569:
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3102:
3092:
3087:
3082:
3077:
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3055:
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3031:
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3028:
3027:
3022:
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3015:
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2998:
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2938:
2933:
2932:
2931:
2921:
2916:
2915:
2914:
2904:
2899:
2894:
2889:
2887:Astragalomancy
2884:
2878:
2876:
2867:
2863:
2862:
2859:
2858:
2856:
2855:
2850:
2845:
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2823:
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2812:
2807:
2802:
2797:
2792:
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2782:
2776:
2774:
2766:
2765:
2763:
2762:
2761:
2760:
2759:
2758:
2753:
2746:Roman religion
2743:
2741:Greco-Buddhism
2738:
2733:
2732:
2731:
2729:Ptolemaic cult
2715:
2714:
2713:
2703:
2702:
2701:
2696:
2691:
2686:
2675:
2674:
2673:
2668:
2657:
2655:
2649:
2648:
2646:
2645:
2640:
2635:
2630:
2624:
2622:
2618:
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2614:
2609:
2604:
2599:
2598:
2597:
2587:
2582:
2579:
2577:
2570:
2566:
2565:
2562:
2561:
2559:
2558:
2555:Works and Days
2551:
2544:
2537:
2530:
2525:
2518:
2513:
2506:
2499:
2494:
2489:
2481:
2474:
2469:
2467:Delphic maxims
2464:
2457:
2450:
2443:
2436:
2431:
2429:Aesop's Fables
2425:
2423:
2419:
2418:
2416:
2415:
2408:
2401:
2394:
2386:
2384:
2378:
2377:
2375:
2374:
2367:
2360:
2353:
2346:
2339:
2332:
2325:
2317:
2315:
2306:
2294:
2293:
2291:
2290:
2285:
2280:
2275:
2270:
2265:
2260:
2255:
2250:
2248:Paradoxography
2245:
2240:
2238:Metempsychosis
2235:
2230:
2225:
2220:
2215:
2210:
2205:
2200:
2195:
2190:
2185:
2180:
2175:
2170:
2165:
2160:
2155:
2150:
2145:
2140:
2139:
2138:
2133:
2122:
2120:
2116:
2115:
2102:
2101:
2090:
2089:
2082:
2075:
2067:
2061:
2060:
2053:
2046:
2039:
2032:
2018:
2011:
2001:
1991:
1981:
1971:
1964:
1955:
1952:
1950:
1949:
1942:
1922:
1907:
1878:10.2307/506436
1872:(3): 389–410.
1847:
1826:10.2307/506636
1820:(2): 213–230.
1800:
1782:
1766:
1749:
1740:
1731:
1718:
1705:
1696:
1679:
1670:
1654:
1638:
1629:
1613:
1604:
1595:
1593:(1988:750–61).
1571:
1553:
1531:Boardman, John
1527:Parker, Robert
1512:
1510:
1507:
1506:
1505:
1500:
1495:
1490:
1485:
1480:
1475:
1470:
1465:
1460:
1455:
1450:
1443:
1440:
1439:
1438:
1433:
1428:
1423:
1418:
1413:
1404:
1398:
1393:
1387:
1382:
1373:
1364:
1359:
1354:
1349:
1344:
1339:
1326:
1321:
1316:
1311:
1302:
1299:
1285:
1279:
1274:
1269:
1260:
1255:
1250:
1245:
1239:
1234:
1229:
1224:
1218:
1209:
1203:
1189:
1188:List of heroes
1186:
1096:
1093:
1080:Ancient Greece
1051:
1048:
1047:
1046:
1024:
1005:Grave Circle A
1001:votive objects
990:
976:
932:
860:
857:
807:
804:
770:, a shrine at
693:surrounded by
676:founding myths
617:epic tradition
598:
595:
591:Robin Lane Fox
571:epic tradition
507:
506:
504:
503:
496:
489:
481:
478:
477:
453:
452:
451:
450:
445:
440:
435:
430:
425:
417:
416:
412:
411:
410:
409:
408:
407:
397:
396:
395:
385:
380:
379:
378:
376:Teumessian fox
368:
367:
366:
356:
355:
354:
344:
343:
342:
332:
327:
326:
325:
313:
312:
311:
301:
300:
299:
289:
284:
283:
282:
272:
271:
270:
265:
255:
254:
253:
243:
242:
241:
231:
230:
229:
219:
218:
217:
212:
202:
201:
200:
190:
185:
184:
183:
171:
170:
169:
159:
154:
149:
148:
147:
134:
133:
129:
128:
127:
126:
121:
116:
111:
106:
101:
93:
92:
88:
87:
82:
74:
73:
65:
64:
26:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
7380:
7369:
7366:
7364:
7361:
7359:
7356:
7354:
7351:
7350:
7348:
7329:
7326:
7324:
7321:
7317:
7314:
7312:
7309:
7308:
7307:
7304:
7303:
7301:
7295:
7283:
7280:
7278:
7275:
7273:
7270:
7268:
7265:
7264:
7262:
7260:
7257:
7255:
7252:
7250:
7249:Owl of Athena
7247:
7245:
7242:
7240:
7237:
7235:
7232:
7230:
7227:
7225:
7222:
7220:
7217:
7215:
7212:
7210:
7207:
7206:
7204:
7200:
7194:
7193:Wheel of fire
7191:
7189:
7188:Winnowing Oar
7186:
7184:
7181:
7179:
7176:
7174:
7171:
7169:
7166:
7164:
7161:
7159:
7156:
7154:
7151:
7149:
7146:
7144:
7141:
7139:
7136:
7133:
7132:Winged helmet
7129:
7126:
7124:
7123:Pandora's box
7121:
7119:
7116:
7114:
7111:
7109:
7106:
7104:
7101:
7099:
7096:
7094:
7091:
7089:
7086:
7084:
7081:
7079:
7076:
7074:
7071:
7069:
7066:
7064:
7063:Golden Fleece
7061:
7059:
7056:
7054:
7051:
7049:
7046:
7044:
7041:
7039:
7036:
7034:
7031:
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7022:
7019:
7017:
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7012:
7009:
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7001:
6997:
6987:
6984:
6982:
6979:
6977:
6974:
6972:
6969:
6967:
6964:
6962:
6961:Centauromachy
6959:
6957:
6954:
6952:
6949:
6948:
6946:
6942:
6936:
6933:
6931:
6928:
6926:
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6806:
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6733:
6730:
6728:
6725:
6723:
6720:
6718:
6715:
6713:
6710:
6708:
6707:Anthropophagi
6705:
6703:
6700:
6698:
6695:
6694:
6692:
6688:
6674:
6671:
6669:
6666:
6664:
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6659:
6656:
6654:
6651:
6649:
6646:
6644:
6641:
6639:
6636:
6634:
6631:
6629:
6626:
6624:
6621:
6619:
6616:
6614:
6611:
6609:
6606:
6604:
6601:
6599:
6598:Cerynian Hind
6596:
6594:
6591:
6589:
6586:
6585:
6583:
6581:
6573:
6567:
6564:
6562:
6559:
6557:
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6545:
6543:
6540:
6538:
6535:
6533:
6530:
6528:
6525:
6523:
6520:
6518:
6517:Hecatonchires
6515:
6513:
6510:
6508:
6505:
6503:
6500:
6498:
6495:
6491:
6488:
6487:
6486:
6483:
6481:
6478:
6474:
6471:
6469:
6466:
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6457:
6454:
6448:
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6434:
6430:
6427:
6425:
6422:
6420:
6417:
6416:
6415:
6412:
6411:
6409:
6407:Minor spirits
6405:
6397:
6394:
6392:
6391:Minor figures
6389:
6388:
6387:
6384:
6382:
6379:
6378:
6376:
6372:
6369:
6365:
6362:
6358:
6348:
6345:
6343:
6340:
6338:
6335:
6333:
6330:
6329:
6327:
6321:
6315:
6314:Charon's obol
6312:
6310:
6307:
6305:
6302:
6301:
6299:
6295:
6289:
6286:
6284:
6281:
6279:
6276:
6274:
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6264:
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6256:
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6192:
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6140:
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6127:
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6117:
6114:
6112:
6109:
6107:
6104:
6102:
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6097:
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6038:
6036:
6032:
6022:
6019:Charonium at
6018:
6016:
6013:Charonium at
6012:
6011:
6009:
6005:
5999:
5995:
5993:
5989:
5987:
5983:
5982:
5979:
5976:
5972:
5966:
5963:
5961:
5958:
5956:
5953:
5952:
5950:
5946:
5940:
5937:
5935:
5932:
5930:
5927:
5925:
5922:
5920:
5917:
5915:
5912:
5911:
5909:
5905:
5902:
5898:Entrances to
5896:
5893:
5891:
5887:
5881:
5878:
5876:
5873:
5871:
5868:
5866:
5863:
5861:
5858:
5856:
5853:
5851:
5848:
5846:
5843:
5841:
5838:
5836:
5833:
5831:
5828:
5826:
5823:
5821:
5818:
5816:
5813:
5811:
5808:
5806:
5803:
5801:
5798:
5796:
5793:
5791:
5788:
5786:
5783:
5781:
5778:
5776:
5772:
5770:
5767:
5765:
5762:
5760:
5757:
5755:
5752:
5750:
5747:
5745:
5742:
5740:
5737:
5735:
5732:
5730:
5727:
5725:
5721:
5719:
5716:
5714:
5713:Helen of Troy
5711:
5709:
5706:
5704:
5701:
5699:
5696:
5694:
5691:
5689:
5686:
5684:
5681:
5679:
5676:
5674:
5671:
5669:
5666:
5664:
5661:
5659:
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5639:
5636:
5634:
5631:
5629:
5626:
5624:
5621:
5619:
5616:
5614:
5611:
5609:
5606:
5605:
5603:
5597:
5591:
5588:
5586:
5583:
5581:
5578:
5576:
5573:
5569:
5566:
5564:
5561:
5559:
5556:
5554:
5551:
5549:
5548:Hellespontine
5546:
5544:
5541:
5539:
5536:
5534:
5531:
5529:
5526:
5525:
5524:
5521:
5519:
5516:
5514:
5511:
5509:
5506:
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5501:
5499:
5496:
5494:
5491:
5489:
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5469:
5466:
5464:
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5439:
5436:
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5426:
5424:
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5416:
5414:
5411:
5409:
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5404:
5401:
5399:
5396:
5394:
5391:
5389:
5386:
5384:
5381:
5380:
5378:
5374:
5370:
5360:
5357:
5355:
5352:
5350:
5347:
5345:
5342:
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5335:
5329:
5326:
5324:
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5319:
5316:
5314:
5311:
5309:
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5304:
5301:
5299:
5296:
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5281:
5279:
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5264:
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5118:
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5110:
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5097:
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4989:
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4980:
4974:
4971:
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4966:
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4961:
4959:
4956:
4955:
4953:
4951:Magic deities
4949:
4943:
4940:
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4935:
4933:
4930:
4929:
4927:
4923:
4917:
4914:
4912:
4909:
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4892:
4886:
4883:
4881:
4878:
4876:
4873:
4871:
4868:
4866:
4863:
4862:
4860:
4858:Sleep deities
4856:
4850:
4847:
4845:
4842:
4840:
4837:
4835:
4832:
4830:
4827:
4825:
4822:
4820:
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4810:
4807:
4805:
4802:
4800:
4797:
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4780:
4777:
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4770:
4760:
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4752:
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4735:
4732:
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4727:
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4718:
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4713:
4711:
4708:
4707:
4704:
4698:
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4691:
4688:
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4683:
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4678:
4677:
4675:
4673:
4669:
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4660:
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4639:
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4611:
4609:
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4601:
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4526:
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4521:
4519:
4516:
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4511:
4510:
4508:
4504:
4494:
4491:
4489:
4486:
4482:
4479:
4478:
4477:
4474:
4473:
4470:
4464:
4461:
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4449:
4446:
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4436:
4434:
4431:
4430:
4428:
4426:
4422:
4419:
4415:
4409:
4406:
4404:
4401:
4399:
4396:
4394:
4391:
4389:
4386:
4384:
4381:
4379:
4376:
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4371:
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4366:
4364:
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4359:
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4349:
4346:
4344:
4341:
4339:
4336:
4334:
4331:
4329:
4326:
4325:
4323:
4321:
4320:Water deities
4317:
4311:
4308:
4306:
4303:
4301:
4298:
4296:
4293:
4291:
4288:
4286:
4283:
4281:
4278:
4276:
4273:
4271:
4268:
4266:
4263:
4261:
4258:
4256:
4253:
4251:
4248:
4247:
4245:
4243:
4239:
4229:
4226:
4224:
4221:
4219:
4216:
4215:
4213:
4209:
4203:
4200:
4198:
4195:
4193:
4190:
4188:
4185:
4183:
4180:
4178:
4175:
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4170:
4168:
4165:
4163:
4160:
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4155:
4153:
4150:
4148:
4145:
4143:
4140:
4139:
4137:
4133:
4127:
4124:
4122:
4119:
4117:
4114:
4112:
4109:
4107:
4104:
4102:
4099:
4097:
4094:
4092:
4089:
4087:
4084:
4082:
4079:
4077:
4074:
4072:
4069:
4068:
4066:
4062:
4059:
4057:
4053:
4047:
4044:
4042:
4039:
4037:
4034:
4032:
4029:
4027:
4024:
4022:
4019:
4017:
4014:
4012:
4009:
4007:
4004:
4002:
3999:
3997:
3994:
3992:
3989:
3987:
3984:
3982:
3979:
3978:
3976:
3974:
3970:
3967:
3964:
3959:
3955:
3951:
3945:
3941:
3927:
3924:
3922:
3919:
3917:
3914:
3912:
3909:
3907:
3904:
3902:
3899:
3895:
3894:
3890:
3888:
3887:
3883:
3882:
3881:
3878:
3877:
3875:
3871:
3865:
3862:
3860:
3857:
3855:
3852:
3851:
3849:
3845:
3839:
3836:
3834:
3831:
3829:
3826:
3825:
3823:
3819:
3813:
3810:
3808:
3805:
3803:
3800:
3798:
3795:
3794:
3792:
3788:
3782:
3779:
3777:
3776:Mount Lykaion
3774:
3772:
3769:
3767:
3764:
3762:
3759:
3758:
3756:
3752:
3746:
3743:
3741:
3738:
3736:
3733:
3731:
3728:
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3723:
3721:
3718:
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3713:
3711:
3708:
3706:
3703:
3701:
3698:
3696:
3693:
3691:
3688:
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3685:
3681:
3675:
3672:
3670:
3667:
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3647:
3645:
3642:
3640:
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3630:
3627:
3625:
3622:
3620:
3617:
3616:
3614:
3612:
3607:
3603:
3600:
3598:Sacred places
3596:
3578:
3575:
3573:
3570:
3568:
3565:
3563:
3562:Pythian Games
3560:
3558:
3557:Heraean Games
3555:
3553:
3552:Olympic Games
3550:
3549:
3547:
3545:
3541:
3535:
3532:
3530:
3527:
3525:
3522:
3521:
3518:
3515:
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3505:
3502:
3500:
3497:
3495:
3492:
3490:
3487:
3485:
3482:
3480:
3477:
3475:
3472:
3470:
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3465:
3462:
3460:
3457:
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3432:
3430:
3427:
3425:
3422:
3420:
3417:
3415:
3412:
3410:
3407:
3405:
3402:
3400:
3397:
3395:
3392:
3390:
3387:
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3382:
3380:
3377:
3375:
3372:
3370:
3367:
3365:
3362:
3360:
3357:
3355:
3352:
3350:
3347:
3345:
3342:
3340:
3337:
3335:
3332:
3330:
3327:
3325:
3322:
3320:
3317:
3315:
3312:
3310:
3307:
3305:
3302:
3300:
3297:
3295:
3292:
3290:
3287:
3285:
3282:
3280:
3277:
3275:
3272:
3271:
3269:
3263:
3260:
3256:
3250:
3247:
3245:
3242:
3238:
3237:
3233:
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3228:
3226:
3223:
3221:
3218:
3216:
3213:
3211:
3208:
3207:
3205:
3203:
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3193:
3190:
3188:
3185:
3183:
3180:
3178:
3175:
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3170:
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3165:
3163:
3160:
3158:
3155:
3153:
3150:
3148:
3145:
3141:
3138:
3136:
3133:
3132:
3131:
3128:
3126:
3123:
3122:
3120:
3114:
3108:
3105:
3101:
3098:
3097:
3096:
3093:
3091:
3088:
3086:
3083:
3081:
3078:
3074:
3073:Hierophylakes
3071:
3070:
3069:
3066:
3064:
3061:
3059:
3056:
3054:
3051:
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3041:
3040:
3038:
3032:
3026:
3023:
3019:
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3011:
3009:
3006:
3002:
2999:
2997:
2994:
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2989:
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2979:
2977:
2974:
2972:
2969:
2967:
2964:
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2893:
2890:
2888:
2885:
2883:
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2877:
2871:
2868:
2864:
2854:
2851:
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2846:
2844:
2841:
2839:
2838:Discordianism
2836:
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2827:
2821:
2818:
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2813:
2811:
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2788:
2786:
2783:
2781:
2778:
2777:
2775:
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2757:
2754:
2752:
2751:Imperial cult
2749:
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2727:
2726:
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2709:
2708:
2707:
2704:
2700:
2697:
2695:
2692:
2690:
2687:
2685:
2684:Early alchemy
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2679:
2676:
2672:
2669:
2667:
2664:
2663:
2662:
2659:
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2608:
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2580:
2578:
2574:
2571:
2567:
2557:
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2545:
2543:
2542:
2538:
2536:
2535:
2531:
2529:
2526:
2524:
2523:
2522:Oneirocritica
2519:
2517:
2514:
2512:
2511:
2507:
2505:
2504:
2503:Homeric Hymns
2500:
2498:
2495:
2493:
2490:
2488:
2487:of Pythagoras
2486:
2485:Golden Verses
2482:
2480:
2479:
2475:
2473:
2470:
2468:
2465:
2463:
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2259:
2256:
2254:
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2249:
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2239:
2236:
2234:
2233:Metamorphosis
2231:
2229:
2226:
2224:
2221:
2219:
2216:
2214:
2211:
2209:
2206:
2204:
2201:
2199:
2196:
2194:
2191:
2189:
2186:
2184:
2181:
2179:
2176:
2174:
2171:
2169:
2166:
2164:
2161:
2159:
2156:
2154:
2151:
2149:
2146:
2144:
2141:
2137:
2134:
2132:
2129:
2128:
2127:
2124:
2123:
2121:
2117:
2112:
2107:
2103:
2099:
2095:
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2083:
2081:
2076:
2074:
2069:
2068:
2065:
2058:
2054:
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2033:
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2027:
2023:
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2002:
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1976:
1972:
1969:
1965:
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1957:
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1934:
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1903:
1899:
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1891:
1887:
1883:
1879:
1875:
1871:
1867:
1863:
1856:
1854:
1852:
1843:
1839:
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1700:
1693:
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1652:(1929:57–74).
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7068:Gordian knot
7058:Golden apple
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6966:Gigantomachy
6951:Amazonomachy
6757:Lotus-eaters
6623:Khalkotauroi
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6419:Agathodaemon
6142:Rhadamanthus
5992:Lake Avernus
5986:Cape Matapan
5960:Avernus Lake
5948:Lakes/swamps
5668:Clytemnestra
5663:Chrysothemis
5585:Theoclymenus
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4533:Androktasiai
4528:Amphillogiai
4417:Love deities
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3802:Caves of Pan
3567:Nemean Games
3504:Thesmophoria
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3215:Curse tablet
3192:Thymiaterion
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7168:Thunderbolt
6981:Titanomachy
6865:Symplegades
6648:Nemean lion
6608:Cretan Bull
6577:/ slain by
6522:Hippocampus
6468:Centaurides
6337:Ceuthonymus
6325:and spirits
5805:Neoptolemus
5724:Heracleidae
5513:Polypheides
5463:Halitherses
5398:Amphilochus
5328:Triptolemus
5313:Penthesilea
5167:Bellerophon
5095:Individuals
4849:Telesphorus
4672:Psychopomps
4506:War deities
3963:Family tree
3906:Hiera Orgas
3659:Telesterion
3619:Asclepieion
3611:sanctuaries
3464:Ptolemaieia
3444:Oschophoria
3434:Metageitnia
3424:Leucophryna
3374:Elaphebolia
3314:Arrhephoria
3294:Anthesteria
3289:Amphidromia
3230:Hermeticism
3080:Iatromantis
2882:Amphidromia
2711:God-fearers
2694:Hermeticism
2621:Expressions
2576:Antecedents
2447:Bibliotheca
2440:Argonautica
2283:Theia mania
2253:Patron gods
2243:Nympholepsy
2193:Golden Rule
2188:Golden mean
2126:Ages of Man
2055:B. Currie,
2048:G. Ekroth,
2004:Erwin Rohde
1973:E. Kearns,
1560:17 November
1483:Deification
1473:Bodhisattva
1458:Epic poetry
1396:Penthesilea
1319:Hephaestion
1272:Bellerophon
1130:Cleisthenes
1054:All across
745:Pythagorean
335:Triptolemus
258:Bellerophon
7347:Categories
7311:Classicism
7299:treatments
7239:Orphic egg
7224:Gorgoneion
7219:Cornucopia
7108:Orichalcum
7088:Lotus tree
6986:Trojan War
6971:Indian War
6875:Themiscyra
6815:Hyperborea
6742:Korybantes
6732:Gargareans
6658:Polyphemus
6424:Cacodaemon
6396:Trojan War
6332:Ascalaphus
6035:Ploutonion
6007:Charoniums
5965:Lerna Lake
5934:Phlegethon
5890:Underworld
5875:Telemachus
5648:Cassiopeia
5623:Andromache
5580:Theiodamas
5543:Erythraean
5458:Epimenides
5393:Amphiaraus
5218:Erechtheus
5182:Chrysippus
5152:Antilochus
5147:Amphitryon
5142:Amphiaraus
5033:Eileithyia
4814:Eileithyia
4754:Persephone
4690:Hermanubis
4481:Aphroditus
4328:Amphitrite
4285:Hephaestus
4228:Phosphorus
4197:Prometheus
4162:Epimetheus
3948:Myths and
3921:Sacred Way
3859:Hippocrene
3654:Ploutonion
3624:Delphinion
3489:Tauropolia
3449:Pamboeotia
3404:Hieromenia
3309:Aphrodisia
3265:Festivals
3244:Necromancy
3220:Divination
3130:Cult image
3090:Mystagogue
3085:Kanephoros
3068:Hierophant
2951:Incubation
2936:Hierophany
2902:Divination
2720:religions
2689:Gnosticism
2643:Polytheism
2638:Monotheism
2633:Henotheism
2516:Myth of Er
2478:Dionysiaca
2343:Iliupersis
2313:Epic Cycle
2304:epic poems
2273:Sophrosyne
2268:Polytheism
2173:Euhemerism
2168:Eudaimonia
2148:Apotheosis
2136:Heroic Age
2131:Golden Age
2034:D. Lyons,
1954:References
1478:Dharmapala
1333:Alexandria
1305:Erechtheus
1296:Fava beans
1248:Amphiaraus
1107:, and the
1035:Amphiaraus
1009:Silver Age
989:at Athens.
987:Erechtheus
945:Epic Cycle
909:Amphipolis
901:Thucydides
838:Iphigeneia
718:Persephone
687:city-state
625:Coldstream
567:Bronze Age
512:Hero cults
438:Demogorgon
371:Amphitryon
292:Hippomenes
167:Trojan War
99:Primordial
47:Sagalassos
18:Greek hero
7259:Swan song
7244:Ouroboros
7229:Kantharos
7113:Palladium
7083:Labyrinth
6976:Theomachy
6956:Attic War
6880:Thrinacia
6870:Tartessos
6795:Aethiopia
6777:Telchines
6762:Myrmidons
6737:Halizones
6575:Captured
6556:Charybdis
6452:creatures
6347:Menoetius
6342:Eurynomos
6278:Pirithous
6204:Salmoneus
6172:Residents
5955:Acherusia
5850:Polynices
5835:Philomela
5825:Patroclus
5744:Iphigenia
5734:Hippolyta
5683:Deucalion
5628:Andromeda
5618:Agamemnon
5613:Aegisthus
5528:Cimmerian
5508:Polyeidos
5443:Cassandra
5344:Argonauts
5268:Narcissus
5162:Autolycus
5085:Heroes /
4799:Asclepius
4476:Aphrodite
4443:Hedylogos
4393:Scamander
4383:Potamides
4250:Aphrodite
4177:Menoetius
4096:Mnemosyne
3950:mythology
3893:Salaminia
3812:Vari Cave
3754:Mountains
3649:Parthenon
3644:Panionium
3639:Nymphaeum
3629:Mithraeum
3494:Thargelia
3469:Pyanopsia
3459:Plynteria
3394:Heracleia
3359:Delphinia
3334:Brauronia
3329:Boedromia
3236:Hermetica
3116:Religious
3053:Basilinna
3034:Religious
3013:Pharmakos
3001:Holocaust
2986:Sacrifice
2976:Panegyris
2966:Omophagia
2924:Hero cult
2875:/ rituals
2853:Hellenism
2843:Feraferia
2805:Mithraism
2724:Alexander
2718:Syncretic
2569:Religions
2461:Cyranides
2434:Aretalogy
2412:Alcmeonis
2391:Oedipodea
2322:Aethiopis
2263:Phronesis
2258:Pederasty
2223:Katabasis
2208:Hero cult
2203:Hemitheos
2098:mythology
1902:192969382
1886:0002-9114
1842:190728749
1588:Antiquity
1290:– of the
1258:Asclepius
1178:Acropolis
1146:Herodotus
1136:into new
1134:Athenians
1084:cremation
788:Alexandra
780:Cassandra
776:Agamemnon
741:Asclepius
730:libations
650:, CA 308)
613:Mycenaean
383:Narcissus
359:Pirithous
280:Labyrinth
193:Argonauts
109:Olympians
7316:Classics
7214:Caduceus
7038:Diipetes
7016:Ambrosia
6845:Panchaia
6810:Erytheia
6788:/ Realms
6712:Bebryces
6697:Achaeans
6643:Minotaur
6593:Cerberus
6490:Drakaina
6450:Beasts /
6429:Eudaemon
6360:Mythical
6268:Odysseus
6258:Heracles
6253:Dionysus
6245:Visitors
6225:Tiresias
6220:Tantalus
6215:Sisyphus
6189:Eurydice
6184:Danaïdes
6179:Anticlea
6163:Cerberus
6116:Tartarus
6044:Acharaca
6021:Acharaca
5996:Cave at
5990:Cave at
5984:Cave at
5924:Eridanos
5830:Penelope
5729:Hermione
5693:Eteocles
5678:Deidamia
5673:Damocles
5658:Chryseis
5633:Antigone
5590:Tiresias
5563:Phrygian
5498:Munichus
5488:Melampus
5423:Branchus
5278:Odysseus
5263:Menelaus
5258:Meleager
5238:Heracles
5228:Ganymede
5223:Eunostus
5208:Echetlus
5202:Dioscuri
5197:Diomedes
5192:Daedalus
5187:Cyamites
5172:Bouzyges
5157:Atalanta
5137:Akademos
5107:Achilles
5087:heroines
5045:Harmonia
5041:(Furies)
5023:Chrysaor
5011:Zephyrus
4973:Pasiphaë
4880:Pasithea
4697:Thanatos
4653:Proioxis
4623:Palioxis
4603:Kydoimos
4583:Hysminai
4558:Enyalius
4513:Adrestia
4488:Philotes
4373:Poseidon
4363:Oceanids
4305:Poseidon
4280:Dionysus
4223:Hesperus
4147:Astraeus
4086:Hyperion
4041:Tartarus
4036:Thalassa
3911:Kanathos
3479:Synoikia
3439:Munichia
3364:Dionysia
3344:Chalceia
3339:Buphonia
3324:Bendidia
3304:Apaturia
3284:Agrionia
3267:/ feasts
3167:Omphalos
3063:Hiereiai
3008:Libation
2996:Hecatomb
2897:Daduchos
2873:Worship
2848:Gaianism
2680:systems
2678:Esoteric
2548:Theogony
2497:Homerica
2371:Telegony
2297:Texts /
2183:Eusebeia
2111:Religion
1725:Finley,
1541:(eds.).
1442:See also
1431:Tantalus
1362:Odysseus
1357:Meleager
1352:Lycurgus
1347:Leonidas
1324:Heracles
1301:Diomedes
1288:Cyamites
1277:Bouzyges
1253:Atalanta
1237:Akademos
1212:Achilles
1170:Poseidon
1166:Heracles
1150:Spartans
1109:Politics
1017:Thorikos
983:Akademos
925:Lefkandi
905:Brasidas
825:Odysseus
796:Odysseus
764:Therapne
756:Menelaus
737:Heracles
710:chthonic
672:chthonic
644:Lucanian
638:Cult of
587:Lefkandi
579:and the
556:Heracles
428:Centaurs
388:Meleager
330:Phaethon
287:Atalanta
275:Daedalus
251:Minotaur
174:Odysseus
162:Diomedes
152:Achilles
140:Heracles
124:Chthonic
61:a series
59:Part of
7202:Symbols
7173:Thyrsus
7163:Talaria
7128:Petasos
7118:Panacea
7048:Galatea
7043:Eidolon
7006:Adamant
6999:Objects
6860:Scythia
6855:Scheria
6850:Phlegra
6820:Ismarus
6805:Colchis
6786:Places
6772:Spartoi
6767:Pygmies
6752:Lapiths
6727:Dactyls
6722:Curetes
6717:Cicones
6702:Amazons
6653:Orthrus
6603:Chimera
6537:Phoenix
6497:Echidna
6480:Cyclops
6463:Centaur
6288:Theseus
6273:Orpheus
6091:Elysium
6050:Eleusis
5919:Cocytus
5914:Acheron
5880:Troilus
5865:Pylades
5840:Phoenix
5815:Orestes
5775:Maenads
5754:Jocasta
5703:Gordias
5688:Electra
5643:Briseis
5601:mortals
5575:Telemus
5558:Persian
5538:Delphic
5533:Cumaean
5503:Phineus
5468:Helenus
5453:Ennomus
5428:Calchas
5413:Asbolus
5383:Aesacus
5376:/ seers
5373:Oracles
5354:Epigoni
5323:Theseus
5318:Perseus
5298:Pandion
5288:Orpheus
5283:Oedipus
5213:Eleusis
5112:Actaeon
5102:Abderus
5066:Pegasus
5056:Nemesis
5039:Erinyes
4901:Angelia
4885:Oneiroi
4870:Epiales
4844:Panacea
4829:Hygieia
4809:Darrhon
4789:Artemis
4759:Zagreus
4749:Melinoë
4715:Cabeiri
4710:Angelos
4648:Polemos
4578:Homados
4453:Himeros
4433:Anteros
4398:Thaumas
4388:Proteus
4378:Potamoi
4368:Phorcys
4353:Nereids
4343:Glaucus
4333:Alpheus
4275:Demeter
4265:Artemis
4142:Asteria
4101:Oceanus
4091:Iapetus
3996:Chronos
3958:Deities
3916:Olympia
3901:Eleusis
3886:Paralus
3847:Springs
3821:Islands
3781:Olympus
3683:Oracles
3664:Temenos
3606:Temples
3499:Theseia
3484:Soteria
3399:Hermaea
3384:Halieia
3379:Gamelia
3369:Ecdysia
3319:Ascolia
3299:Apellai
3187:Sceptre
3118:objects
3107:Thiasus
3058:Gerarai
3036:offices
3025:Theatre
2815:Orphism
2628:Atheism
2405:Epigoni
2398:Thebaid
2364:Odyssey
2163:Destiny
2000:, 1979.
1778:Mycenae
1448:Demigod
1426:Theseus
1416:Perseus
1411:Olympia
1390:Pandora
1385:Orpheus
1380:Boeotia
1367:Oedipus
1221:Actaeon
1158:Orestes
1154:Arcadia
1064:tumulus
1021:Menidhi
973:Olympia
961:Oedipus
929:Eretria
872:Whitley
832:heroes.
813:Alcmene
784:Amyklai
772:Mycenae
691:tumulus
683:Whitley
667:temenos
640:Oedipus
621:Dorians
582:Odyssey
433:Dragons
415:Related
405:Amazons
268:Chimera
263:Pegasus
246:Theseus
239:Orphism
234:Orpheus
222:Oedipus
205:Perseus
180:Odyssey
145:Labours
91:Deities
7297:Modern
7234:Labrys
6894:Events
6840:Ogygia
6825:Ithaca
6690:Tribes
6638:Medusa
6580:heroes
6566:Typhon
6561:Sphinx
6552:Scylla
6542:Python
6507:Gorgon
6485:Dragon
6414:Daemon
6367:Beings
6304:Bident
6283:Psyche
6263:Hermes
6235:Tityos
6230:Titans
6210:Shades
6151:Guards
6132:Aeacus
6125:Judges
6096:Erebus
6084:Places
6015:Aornum
5907:Rivers
5870:Pyrrha
5860:Procne
5800:Myrrha
5780:Memnon
5769:Lycaon
5749:Ismene
5718:Hellen
5708:Hecuba
5698:Europa
5638:Augeas
5608:Aegeus
5599:Other
5568:Samian
5553:Libyan
5523:Sibyls
5518:Pythia
5493:Mopsus
5448:Elatus
5433:Carnus
5388:Aleuas
5337:Groups
5308:Pelops
5303:Peleus
5293:Otrera
5273:Nestor
5248:Iolaus
5243:Icarus
5233:Hector
5177:Cadmus
5122:Aeneas
5117:Adonis
5028:Cybele
4996:Boreas
4991:Anemoi
4963:Hecate
4937:Hermes
4911:Hermes
4875:Hypnos
4865:Empusa
4819:Epione
4804:Chiron
4794:Apollo
4744:Lampad
4734:Hypnos
4729:Hecate
4685:Hermes
4680:Charon
4643:Phonoi
4638:Phobos
4633:Perses
4628:Pallas
4613:Machai
4598:Kratos
4553:Deimos
4543:Athena
4493:Peitho
4463:Pothos
4425:Erotes
4408:Triton
4403:Thetis
4358:Nereus
4348:Naiads
4300:Hestia
4295:Hermes
4270:Athena
4255:Apollo
4218:Hecate
4202:Selene
4192:Perses
4187:Pallas
4167:Helios
4126:Themis
4116:Tethys
4106:Phoebe
4081:Cronus
4056:Titans
4046:Uranus
4031:Pontus
4026:Phanes
4016:Hemera
4001:Erebus
3986:Ananke
3981:Aether
3873:Others
3761:Cretea
3745:Tegyra
3715:Dodona
3710:Didyma
3705:Delphi
3700:Claros
3695:Aornum
3534:Rhieia
3454:Pandia
3429:Lykaia
3419:Lenaia
3414:Kronia
3409:Iolaia
3349:Diasia
3279:Adonia
3258:Events
3249:Philia
3177:Rhyton
3157:Kykeon
3152:Kernos
3140:Xoanon
3125:Baetyl
3095:Oracle
2981:Prayer
2961:Nekyia
2929:Heroon
2892:Baptes
2422:Others
2357:Nostoi
2329:Cypria
2213:Hubris
2178:Eunoia
2158:Daemon
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1401:Peleus
1371:Athens
1314:Hector
1309:Athens
1282:Cadmus
1267:Cyrene
1263:Battus
1227:Aeneas
1200:Achlae
1174:Athena
1148:, the
1142:Delphi
1101:Heroes
1060:Turkey
1056:Greece
1031:oracle
969:Pelops
965:Athens
953:female
921:heroön
917:Cyrene
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227:Sphinx
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7078:Ichor
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6668:Talos
6547:Siren
6532:Lamia
6512:Harpy
6502:Giant
6441:Satyr
6436:Nymph
6374:Lists
6199:Ocnus
6194:Ixion
6158:Campe
6137:Minos
5974:Caves
5929:Lethe
5855:Priam
5820:Paris
5810:Niobe
5795:Minos
5790:Midas
5759:Laius
5483:Manto
5478:Idmon
5473:Iamus
5438:Carya
5418:Bakis
5408:Anius
5403:Ampyx
5253:Jason
5071:Zelus
5051:Muses
5018:Azone
5006:Notus
5001:Eurus
4958:Circe
4942:Momus
4932:Apate
4839:Paean
4784:Aegle
4779:Aceso
4739:Keres
4724:Pluto
4720:Hades
4593:Keres
4518:Alala
4182:Metis
4152:Atlas
4121:Theia
4076:Crius
4071:Coeus
3991:Chaos
3833:Delos
3790:Caves
3577:Actia
3513:Games
3474:Skira
3389:Haloa
3354:Delia
3274:Actia
3202:Magic
3100:Sibyl
2971:Orgia
2956:Komos
2946:Hymns
2336:Iliad
2288:Xenia
2278:Soter
2153:Arete
1898:S2CID
1890:JSTOR
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1509:Notes
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1376:Orion
1342:Jason
1329:Homer
1216:Leuce
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957:local
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7267:East
7098:Moly
7027:Argo
6944:Wars
6885:Troy
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5773:The
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4916:Iris
4906:Arke
4834:Iaso
4824:Hebe
4618:Nike
4588:Ioke
4568:Eris
4563:Enyo
4538:Ares
4523:Alke
4438:Eros
4338:Ceto
4310:Zeus
4290:Hera
4260:Ares
4172:Leto
4111:Rhea
4011:Gaia
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