Star lore of all ages; a collection of myths, legends, and facts concerning the constellations of the Northern Hemisphere (1911)
Olcott, William Tyler, 1873-1936 · New York, London : G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 300
fSparta, and for his second wife married Dejanira, a sisterof Meleager, and took up his abode in the court of Ceyx,King of Trachina. As Hercules was setting out on somejourney his wife unwittingly presented him with a cloakwhich she had received from the centaur Nessus, whomHercules had slain for… … Photo by Brogi The Infant Hercules Strangling the Serpents at Pompeii JTHEKK PUB- Hercules, the Kneeler 215 Calmly taking his place upon it, the torch was applied,and he suffered the death by fire resignedly. After hisbody was consumed, the ancient poets say, he was carriedup to heaven in a chariot…
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