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PERSEUS THE HERO " We call such a man a hero in English to this day , and call it a ' heroic ' thing to suffer pain and grief , that we may do good to our fellow - men . " - CHARLES KINGSLEY . In the pleasant land of Argos , now a place ...
PERSEUS THE HERO " We call such a man a hero in English to this day , and call it a ' heroic ' thing to suffer pain and grief , that we may do good to our fellow - men . " - CHARLES KINGSLEY . In the pleasant land of Argos , now a place ...
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... hero , O son of Zeus ! " she said ; " but now that thy toil is near an end and thy sorrows have ended in joy , I come to claim the shoes of Hermes , the helmet of Pluto , the sword , and the shield that is mine own . Yet the head of the ...
... hero , O son of Zeus ! " she said ; " but now that thy toil is near an end and thy sorrows have ended in joy , I come to claim the shoes of Hermes , the helmet of Pluto , the sword , and the shield that is mine own . Yet the head of the ...
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... heroes were carried to Blaye and interred with great honour in the great cathedral there . Charlemagne then returned to ... hero died , " Aude gave a bitter cry and fell to the ground like a white lily slain by a cruel wind . The Emperor ...
... heroes were carried to Blaye and interred with great honour in the great cathedral there . Charlemagne then returned to ... hero died , " Aude gave a bitter cry and fell to the ground like a white lily slain by a cruel wind . The Emperor ...
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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