A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1876)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York: Hurd and Houghton ; Cambridge : Riverside Press · leaf 442
he promised to marryAmphitryon if he would avenge their death. While he was gone todo this Zeus (Jupiter) visited Alcmena, and pretending to be herhusband, told how he had punished Pterelaus. She became themother of Hercules by Jupiter. Next day Amphitryon returned.To him she bore Iphicles.… … Ajax (^gina Marbles). 424 ANCIENT MYTHS Said to come from the Caucasus and to found Themiscyra in AsiaMinor. Often occur in Greek mythology. Ruled by a queen. Hadtheir rifrht breasts cut off to enable them to use the bow with case.
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