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Page 56
... knew so well . . . . She had pictured him beautiful as Eros , son of Aphrodite - young and fair , with crisp , golden locks — a husband to glory in - a lover to adore . And now she knew , with shame and dread , that he who had won her ...
... knew so well . . . . She had pictured him beautiful as Eros , son of Aphrodite - young and fair , with crisp , golden locks — a husband to glory in - a lover to adore . And now she knew , with shame and dread , that he who had won her ...
Page 94
... knew that a greater than Evenos had entered in the chase , and that the jealous sun - god's chariot was in pursuit of the winged car of Neptune . Quickly it gained on him - soon it would have swept down on him - a hawk indeed , this ...
... knew that a greater than Evenos had entered in the chase , and that the jealous sun - god's chariot was in pursuit of the winged car of Neptune . Quickly it gained on him - soon it would have swept down on him - a hawk indeed , this ...
Page 155
... knew that hollow trees or a hole in a rock were used as the storage houses of their treasure , and so the wily shepherd lad provided for them the homes he knew that they would covet , and near them placed all the food that they most ...
... knew that hollow trees or a hole in a rock were used as the storage houses of their treasure , and so the wily shepherd lad provided for them the homes he knew that they would covet , and near them placed all the food that they most ...
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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