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... Thou , Epaphos , art the liar . I have but to ask my father , and thou shalt see me drive his golden chariot across the sky . " To his mother he hastened , to get balm for his hurt pride , as many a time he had got it for the little ...
... Thou , Epaphos , art the liar . I have but to ask my father , and thou shalt see me drive his golden chariot across the sky . " To his mother he hastened , to get balm for his hurt pride , as many a time he had got it for the little ...
Page 157
... thou canst win thy bees back once more . ' 99 Then Aristaus with eagerness questioned his mother how he might find Proteus and gain from him the knowledge that he sought , and Cyrene answered : " No matter how piteously thou dost ...
... thou canst win thy bees back once more . ' 99 Then Aristaus with eagerness questioned his mother how he might find Proteus and gain from him the knowledge that he sought , and Cyrene answered : " No matter how piteously thou dost ...
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... thou didst by thy foolish wooing send the beautiful Eurydice swiftly down to the Shades and break the heart of Orpheus , whose music is the music of the Immortals , the bees that thou hast treasured have left their hives empty and ...
... thou didst by thy foolish wooing send the beautiful Eurydice swiftly down to the Shades and break the heart of Orpheus , whose music is the music of the Immortals , the bees that thou hast treasured have left their hives empty and ...
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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