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A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1871)

Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 487

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tiris from Delphi ran between Mount Cirphis and Parnassus proper. Where this road branched was the scene of the murder of Laius by (Edipus. Pasiph'ae. Daughter of Helios (the sun) and Perseis. Wife of Minos. Mother of Androgeos, Ariadne, and Phsedra. Mother also of the monster Minotaur, half man… … Patroclus (^gina Marbles). to Peleus at Phthia. Here he became the friend of Achilles. He accompanied the latter to Troy, and when Achilles retired from the fight Patroclus did the same. At length Achilles lent him his arms, and he led the Myrmidons to battle. He was slain by Hector, and a desire…

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