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... love - provoking arrows , and as a con- sequence Aphrodite fell in love with Adonis , a handsome young man and an ardent huntsman . Unfortunately for her , Adonis did not return her love in spite of her endearing advances but continued ...
... love - provoking arrows , and as a con- sequence Aphrodite fell in love with Adonis , a handsome young man and an ardent huntsman . Unfortunately for her , Adonis did not return her love in spite of her endearing advances but continued ...
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... fall in love as he chooses . This power is well illustrated in the stories of Apollo and Daphne , of Aphrodite and Adonis , and of all the love affairs of Zeus . Eros was commonly figured as a handsome young man . In Alexandrian times ...
... fall in love as he chooses . This power is well illustrated in the stories of Apollo and Daphne , of Aphrodite and Adonis , and of all the love affairs of Zeus . Eros was commonly figured as a handsome young man . In Alexandrian times ...
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... fell in love with him , but he was indifferent to their advances and rejected their love . The Nymph Echo was so fond of him that when he refused her attentions , she wasted away until only her voice remained ( see NYMPHS ) , whereupon ...
... fell in love with him , but he was indifferent to their advances and rejected their love . The Nymph Echo was so fond of him that when he refused her attentions , she wasted away until only her voice remained ( see NYMPHS ) , whereupon ...
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Achilles Admetus Aeneas Agamemnon Alcestis Aphrodite Apollo Arcadia ARGONAUTS Argos arrows Artemis Asclepius Athene ATREUS beauty became Bellerophon brother Cadmus called Centaurs chariot classical Clytemnestra Comus Copyright Cronus Daedalus daughter death Demeter describes Diomedes Dionysus EARTH GODDESSES English literature Eros Eurystheus Faerie Queene famous fate father fell in love Gaea gave giant girl golden Greece Greek Hades Helen Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hermes hero horse immortal island Jason killed king land later Leto lover married Menelaus Milton monster mortal mother Mount Muses myth Nymph Oceanus Odysseus Oedipus Olympian Olympus oracle Orestes Orion Orpheus Paradise Lost Peleus Persephone Perseus poem poetry poets Poseidon Prometheus Reprinted Rhea river Roman name ROME Romulus says SEA GODS sister Sisyphus song sons Spenser story suitors symbol T. S. Eliot Tartarus terrible THEBES Theseus Thetis Tiresias Titans TROJAN TROJAN WAR Troy W. H. Auden wife wind Zeus Zeus's