The Reader's Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia of World Literature and the Arts, Volume 1William Rose Benét |
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... wife , takes flight , with the intention of going to Italy , the original birthplace of the family . The wife is lost , and the old father dies on the way ; but after numerous perils by sea and land , Aeneas and his son Ascanius reach ...
... wife , takes flight , with the intention of going to Italy , the original birthplace of the family . The wife is lost , and the old father dies on the way ; but after numerous perils by sea and land , Aeneas and his son Ascanius reach ...
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... wives of the Aesir . Odin's wife Frigga ; Thor's wife was Sif ( beauty ) ; Bal- der's wife was Nanna ( daring ) ; Bragi's wife was Iduna ; Loki's wife was Siguna . The important deities mentioned above are more fully treated under their ...
... wives of the Aesir . Odin's wife Frigga ; Thor's wife was Sif ( beauty ) ; Bal- der's wife was Nanna ( daring ) ; Bragi's wife was Iduna ; Loki's wife was Siguna . The important deities mentioned above are more fully treated under their ...
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... wife of Pluto , Cybele was the wife of Saturn and Rhea of Kronus . In Hesiod's time , the number of gods was 30,000 , and that none might be omitted , the Greeks observed a Feast of the Unknown Gods . Scandinavian mythology . For names ...
... wife of Pluto , Cybele was the wife of Saturn and Rhea of Kronus . In Hesiod's time , the number of gods was 30,000 , and that none might be omitted , the Greeks observed a Feast of the Unknown Gods . Scandinavian mythology . For names ...
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