The mythology of Greece and Rome : with special reference to its use in art (1894)
Seemann, Otto, 1825-1901, Bianchi, George Henry · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 202
^a. liereceived heroic honors in Boeotia, and his protection wasinvoked against the deadly power of the sun in the dogdays. The story of Action is probably nothing but a rep-resentation of the decay of verdant nature beneath an op-pressive summer heat. The story of Actacons transformation and death… … Fig. 51.—AcfiEon Group. British Museam. 200 GREEK AND ROMAN MYTHOLOGY. 3. Amjihion and Zethus. — Besides the royal familv ofCadinus, which was continued in Tliebcs after bis depart-ure by bis son l^olydorus, we come across the scions ofanother ruling family of Thebes which came from Hyria,or Hysia,…
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