Classical Mythology
ARTEMIS 209 Artemis of Ephesus. Alabaster and bronze, mid-second century A.D. The Ephesian Artemis continues the ancient traditi ...
210 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS Thus the goddess developed a terrifying aspect; triple-faced statues depicted the three mani ...
ARTEMIS 211 favorite of Aphrodite, and she will establish a cult in honor of Hippolytus as well—virgin maidens will pay tribute ...
212 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS somehow Hippolytus himself were a typical ancient Greek male. It is abundantly clear from th ...
ARTEMIS 213 ¥ APHRODITE: I am called Cypris, a mighty and renowned goddess both in heaven and among mortals. Everyone who looks ...
214 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS flowers, but those who are evil are forbidden. My dear lady, accept from my holy hand this g ...
ARTEMIS 215 stead may they live and flourish in the renowned city of Athens, free men, open in speech and their good reputation ...
216 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS NURSE: Be forgiving. To err is human, my son. HIPPOLYTUS: O Zeus, why did you bring them int ...
ARTEMIS 217 her own life. She confides her decision to the Chorus, whom she has sworn to secrecy (716-721 and 725-731). f PHAEDR ...
218 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS off with your vegetarian diet, take Orpheus as your lord, celebrate the myster- ies, believi ...
ARTEMIS 219 my unhappy mother, O my bitter birth, may no one dear to me ever be born a bastard!" At this point in the play, Hipp ...
220 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS this virtuous act. Hippolytus, however, is virtuous and chaste, but his behavior has led to ...
ARTEMIS 221 your enemies. The god of the sea, your father and kindly disposed towards you, fulfilled your curse; he had to, sinc ...
222 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS HIPPOLYTUS: Ah, what a breath of divine fragrance! Even amidst my mis- fortunes, I feel your ...
ARTEMIS 223 with the last gasps of the dying; and I see that you are now near that terrible state. HIPPOLYTUS: Go as I bid you f ...
224 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS There have been many subsequent dramatic versions of the legend. The treat- ment of the Roma ...
ARTEMIS 225 A rock on Mt. Sipylus in Asia Minor was identified in antiquity as the figure of Niobe. Actaeon was the son of Aris ...
CHAPTER 11 APOLLO THE BIRTH OF APOLLO As has been told in the previous chapter, Zeus mated with Leto and she con- ceived the twi ...
APOLLO 227 peaks of Pelion, Thracian Samos, the shady hills of Ida, and Scyros, Phocaea, the sheer mountain of Autocane, well-bu ...
228 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS Dione, Rhea, righteous Themis, and sea-moaning Amphitrite—and others too, except for white-a ...
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