The Reader's Encyclopedia, Volume 1Contains biographies of poets, playwrights, novelists, essayists, and belles-lettrists from antiquity to the present; outstanding works in every field; plot summaries; principal characters; myth, legend, folklore; biographies of artists, musicians, philosophers, and other persons frequently found in literature; schools and movements; terminology; and awards. |
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... Heracles ( Gr . for the Lat . Hercules ) by comparing the lengths of various stadia in Greece . A stadium was 600 feet in length , but Heracles ' stadium at Olympia was much longer ; therefore , said the philosopher , the foot of Heracles ...
... Heracles ( Gr . for the Lat . Hercules ) by comparing the lengths of various stadia in Greece . A stadium was 600 feet in length , but Heracles ' stadium at Olympia was much longer ; therefore , said the philosopher , the foot of Heracles ...
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... Heracles and Iphicles , who was merely the son of Amphitryon . HEra , who had done everything possible to prevent the birth , did not give up . She sent two snakes to attack the twins , but Heracles strangled them in his crib . Hera ...
... Heracles and Iphicles , who was merely the son of Amphitryon . HEra , who had done everything possible to prevent the birth , did not give up . She sent two snakes to attack the twins , but Heracles strangled them in his crib . Hera ...
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... Heracles . Heracles had ordered him to carry his wife Deianira across a river ; when the centaur attempted to carry her off , Heracles shot him . In revenge , Nessus gave Deianira his bloody tunic , telling her that it would preserve ...
... Heracles . Heracles had ordered him to carry his wife Deianira across a river ; when the centaur attempted to carry her off , Heracles shot him . In revenge , Nessus gave Deianira his bloody tunic , telling her that it would preserve ...
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