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... fell , like a bright shooting star , from the heavens above , into the river Eridanus . The steeds returned to their master , Apollo , and in rage and grief Apollo lashed them . Angrily , too , and very rebelliously did he speak of the ...
... fell , like a bright shooting star , from the heavens above , into the river Eridanus . The steeds returned to their master , Apollo , and in rage and grief Apollo lashed them . Angrily , too , and very rebelliously did he speak of the ...
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... fell before its mad rage , and were sent to the shades by a bloody and merciless death . Before its furious charge even the heart of a hero might have been stricken . Yet Meleager , like a mighty oak of the forest that will not sway ...
... fell before its mad rage , and were sent to the shades by a bloody and merciless death . Before its furious charge even the heart of a hero might have been stricken . Yet Meleager , like a mighty oak of the forest that will not sway ...
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Marsile fell , the first victim to a blow from the sword of Roland , and even more fiercely than the one that had preceded it , waged this terrible fight . And now it seemed as though the Powers of Good and of Evil also took part in the ...
Marsile fell , the first victim to a blow from the sword of Roland , and even more fiercely than the one that had preceded it , waged this terrible fight . And now it seemed as though the Powers of Good and of Evil also took part in the ...
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Acrisius Aphrodite Apollo Arachne arms Atalanta Baldur beautiful Beowulf birds blood Cathbad chariot Charlemagne child children of Lîr Conor creature cried cruel dark daughter dead dear death Deirdrê Diana dreams earth Echo Emain Macha Erin Eros Eurydice evil eyes face fair father fear fell fierce flowers Freya Ganelon gazed goddess gods gold golden Grendel grew grey Halcyone hand happiness heard heart hero honour Hrothgar Hyacinthus Kemoc king knew land Lavarcam listened live Loch Etive looked Marpessa Meleager Midas mighty monster mother mountain Naoise never night nymphs Odin Olympus Orpheus palace Pallas Athené passed Perseus Phaeton Polydectes Psyche queen river Roland Sea of Moyle slay sleep smiled song Sons of Usna sorrow soul spoke stood sweet swiftly sword thee thing thou told trees voice warriors weary wind wings woman words Zephyrus Zeus