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	Greek mythology A-M - All About Turkey
		In Greek mythology Astraea was the daughter of Zeus and Themis, the goddess of justice.
		In Greek mythology, Eteocles was a son of the incestuous union of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Polynices.
		In Greek mythology Ion was the son of Apollo and the Arthenian princess Creusa, whom Apollo raped on the Acropolis.
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	Alcaeus. Who is Alcaeus? What is Alcaeus? Where is Alcaeus? Definition of Alcaeus. Meaning of Alcaeus.
		In Greek mythology, Alcaeus, or Alkaios was one of the Perseidae, a son of Perseus and Andromeda.
		Alcaeus (Alkaios), Greek lyric poet, an older contemporary of Sappho, was a native of Mytilene in Lesbos and flourished about 600 b.c.
		Alcaeus was allotted the second place among the nine lyric poets in the Alexandrian canon.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Alcaeus (298 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Greek & Roman Mythology (Ad-Am) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In Greek mythology, Admetus was the king of Pherae in Thessaly, and the husband of Alcestis, who gave signal proof of her love by consenting to die in order that her husband may live.
		In Roman-Jewish mythology, Agna was a virgin incarnation of the Ewe goddess.
		In greek mythology, Amlthea was a mountain-spirit, half goddes and half goat, the mother of Pan and the foster mother of Zeus.
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	Greek &. Roman Mythology (A-M) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In Greek mythology, Acrisius was a son of Abas and the twin brother of Proetus with whom he quarrelled even in the womb.
		In Greek mythology, the cornucopia was one of the horns of the goat Amaltheia, which was caused by Zeus to refill itself indefinitely with food and drink.
		In Greek mythology, Minos was a king of Crete (son of Zeus and Europa), who demanded a yearly tribute of young men and girls from Athens for the Minotaur.
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	Heracles [Definition] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In Greek mythology, Heracles, or Heraklês ("glory of Hera", Ἡρακλῆς) was the demigod son of ZeusZeus Kroniōn (descendant of Cronus), or simply Zeús or Zdeús (Greek Ζεύς) or Dias (Greek Δίας) ("divine king") is the leader of the gods and god of the sky and thunder in Greek mythology....
		In Roman mythology he was called HerculesHercules was the name in Roman mythology of the hero Heracles from Greek mythology, the son of Jupiter (or Jove, the Roman name for the Greek god Zeus) and the mortal Alcmene.
		IolausIn Greek mythology, Iolaus was a son of Iphicles and thus a nephew of Heracles.
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	Amphitryon, Greek Mythology Link.
		A third son of Perseus 1, Alcaeus 1, is Amphitryon's father.
		Alcaeus 1 is son of Perseus 1 and Andromeda.
		Abas 2, Acrisius, Aegyptus 1, Alcaeus 1, Alcmena, Aletes 2, Amphitryon, Antiochus 1, Belus 1, Chaeron, Danae, Electryon 1, Epaphus 1, Eurystheus, Heleus, Heracles 1, Hippotes 2, Hippothoe 3, Io, Iolaus 1, Iphicles, Leipephilene, Libya, Lynceus 2, Mestor 1, Perseus 1, Phylas 2, Pterelaus, Sthenelus 3, Taphius, Thero 2, Zeus.
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	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 96 (v. 1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Two recensions of the works of Alcaeus were made by the grammarians Aristarchus and Aristophanes.
		The metres of Alcaeus were generally lively, and his poems seem to have been constructed in short single strophes, in all of which the corresponding lines were of the same metre, as in the odes of Horace.
		His likeness is preserved, together with that of Pittacus, on a brass coin of Mytilene in the Royal Museum at Paris, which is engraved by Visconti.
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	The Probert Encyclopaedia - Greek &. Roman Mythology (A-M)
		In Greek and Roman mythology, Apollo was the god of the sun, music, poetry, prophecy, agriculture, and pastoral life, and leader of the Muses.
		In this version of events, Boan visited a sacred well which, to punish her for breaking the law, rose up and pursued her to the sea and thus became the river Boyne where lived the salmon of knowledge which fed on nuts dropped from the nine hazel trees at the water's edge.
		In Greek mythology, the Gordian Knot was tied by King Gordius, and could only be unravelled by a future conquerer of Asia.
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	Encyclopedia: La PlÃ©iade (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Among the models favoured by the Pléiade were Pindar, Anacreon, Alcaeus and other poets of the Greek Anthology, as well as Virgil, Horace and Ovid.
		The ideal was not one of slavish imitation, but of a poet so well-versed in the entire corpus of Ancient literature (Du Bellay uses the metaphor of 'digestion') that he would be able to convert it into an entirely new and rich poetic language in the vernacular.
		Alcaeus may refer to several ancient Greek figures: in mythology, Alcaeus was the son of Perseus and the father of Amphitryon.
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	Alcaeus
		Alcaeus Alcaeus may refer to several ancient Greek figures: in mythology, Amphitryon.
		Alcaeus was also a lyric poet of t...
		Alcaeus (poet) Alcaeus (Alkaios), (ca Lesbos, where his life was entangled with its political disputes and internal fe...
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		Alcaeus is the enemy of Sappho's stepfather Pittacus, the dictator of Lesbos.
		Though Alcaeus says he prefers boys, they share sex and romance before he recruits the teenage Sappho in the overthrow attempt on her stepfather.
		She discovers she is pregnant with Alcaeus child, but Cercylas is too drunk and impotent to know the difference.
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	Greek Mythology: CASTALIA / KASTALIA Naiad Nymph of the Prophetic Springs of Delphi in Phocis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Greek Mythology: CASTALIA / KASTALIA Naiad Nymph of the Prophetic Springs of Delphi in Phocis
		KASTALIA was the NAIAS NYMPHE of the prophetic springs of the Delphic Oracle on Mount Parnassos, Phokis.
		She appears to be loosely connected with Daphnis the prophetic Nymphe of pre-Apollion oracle, the Naiades Korykiai of the sacred Corycian cave, and the Nymphe Thyia loved by Apollon.
	www.theoi.com /Nymphe/NympheKastalia.html (392 words)

	Perseus (mythology) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Perseus and Andromeda had six sons: Perses, Alcaeus, Heleus, Mestor, Sthenelus, and Electryon.
		The first was supposedly left in Ethiopia and became ancestor of the emperors of Persia to explain the similarity of the country's name and Perseus'.
		The legend of Perseus was the basis for the film Clash of the Titans, the last movie to feature Ray Harryhausen's stop motion special effects.
	www.theezine.net /p/perseus-mythology-.html (800 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 706 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		SAPPHO (5a7r<£cy, or, in her own Aeolic dialect, ^azr^a), one of the two great leaders of the Aeolian school of lyric poetry (Alcaeus being the other), was a native of Mytilene, or, as some said, of Eresos, in Lesbos.
		Different authorities gave several different names as that of her father, Simon, Eunomius, Erigyius, Ecrytus, Semus, Scamon, Etarchus, and Scamandronymus (Suid.
		That she was not only contemporary, but lived in friendly intercourse, with Alcaeus, is shown by existing fragments of the poetry of both.
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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Classical Latin Literature in the Church
		Their knowledge of mythology and ancient traditions they used as a means of attacking paganism; their acquirements as orators and writers were placed at the service of their new Faith.
		Ennodius, deacon of Milan under Theodoric and later Bishop of Pavia, inveighed against the impious person who carried a statue of Minerva to a disorderly house, and himself under pretext of an "epithalamium" wrote light and trivial verses.
		It is true that Christian society at the time of the barbarian invasions repudiated mythology and ancient culture, but it did not venture to completely banish them.
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	Alcaeus
		"Alcaeus" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a strength".
		Date "Alcaeus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509.
		"Alcaeus" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/english/Al/Alcaeus.html (774 words)

	Andromeda (mythology) - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In Greek mythology, Andromeda ("ruler of men") was the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, king and queen of the Ethiopians.
		Andromeda followed her husband to Tiryns in Argos, and became the ancestress of the family of the Perseidae through Perseus' and Andromeda's son, Perses.
		According to this mythology, Perses is the ancestor of the Persians.
	www.grohol.com /wiki/Andromeda_(mythology) (358 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Greek & Roman Mythology (A-Ac) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		He was hospitable towards Peleus, but suspecting him of making advances towards his wife he left Peleus to die at the hands of the Centaurs.
		In Greek mythology, Achelous was a river god, a son of Oceanus and Tethys, who changed into a snake and later a bull while fighting Hercules for the hand of Deianira, however despite his shape-changing ability he was defeated when Hercules broke off one of his horns.
		According to Sicillian tradition he was then turned into the river of the same name which runs at the foot of Mount Etna.
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	Perseus 1, Greek Mythology Link.
		It is said that the kings of Persia are descended from him.
		Alcaeus 1 is the father of Amphitryon, the man who married Alcmena, mother of Heracles 1.
		Sthenelus 3 succeeded Electryon 1 in the throne of Mycenae and Tiryns.
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	Hercules (or Heracles)
		Hercules (or Heracles) is thought to be one of the greatest heroes in Greek mythology.
		The name Heracles itself is significant since it means "The Glory of Hera." It is believed that Heracles was not the name of a god, but perhaps a ritual name, deliberately adopted by a votary of the goddess or assigned by sacerdotal tradition to a "consort" of the great goddess Argos.
		Through his mother Alcmene and his father Amphitryon, Hercules was descended from Persus, since his two grandfathers, Alcaeus and Electryon, were both sons of Persus and Andromeda.
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	Wikinfo \| Alcaeus
		Alcaeus (Alkaios), Greek lyric poet, an older contemporary
		Alcaeus was allotted the second place among the
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	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
		'''Alcaeus''' may refer to several ancient Greek figures: in mythology, '''Alcaeus* (mythology) Alcaeus''' was the son of Perseus (mythology) Perseus and the father of Amphitryon.
		'''Alcaeus (poet) Alcaeus*''' was also a lyric poet of the archaic period.
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	Thales of Miletus [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Thales was esteemed in his times as an original thinker, and one who broke with tradition and not as one who conveyed existing mythologies.
		Alcaeus visited Egypt' (Strabo, 1.2.30), and his brother, Antimenidas, served in Judaea in the army of the Babylonian monarch, King Nebuchadrezzar.
		Sappho went into exile in Sicily, her brother,Charaxus, spent some time in Egypt, and a number of friends of Sappho visited Sardis where they lived in Lydian society.
	www.iep.utm.edu /t/thales.htm (9340 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 94 (v. 1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 94 (v.
		14) the original name of Heracles, given him on account of his descent from Alcaeus, the son of Perseus.
		A son of Heracles by a female slave of Jar-danus, from whom the dynasty of the Heraclids in Lydia were believed to be descended.
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	Greek Mythology: HEBRUS / HEBROS River God of Ciconia, Thrace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Greek Mythology: HEBRUS / HEBROS River God of Ciconia, Thrace
		"Alcaeus says that the Hebros is the most beautiful of rivers and that it flows down through Thrake from Mount Rhodope and disgorges its waters by the city of Ainos." - Greek Lyric I Alcaeus, Frag 45 (from Scholiast on Theocritus)
		Greek Lyric I Alcaeus, Fragments - Greek Lyric C6th BC
	www.theoi.com /Potamos/PotamosHebros.html (180 words)

	Croesus, Greek Mythology Link.
		Ninus, credited with the foundation of Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrians, was known as son of Belus 3, son of Alcaeus 6, son of Heracles 1 and Omphale, or of Heracles 1 and a female slave of King Iardanus, otherwise called father of Omphale.
		In addition some would probably say that this Heracles was not Heracles 1, but an Asiatic god or man instead.
		Agron 2, Alcaeus 6, Alyattes, Ardys, Astyages, Atys 3, Belus 3, Cambyses, Candaules, Croesus, Cyrus, Dascylus, Dercetis 1, Gaia, Gyges, Heracles 1, Lydus, Mandane, Manes, Myrsus, Ninus, Omphale, Sadyattes, Semiramis, Zeus.
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	AllRefer.com - Alcaeus (Classical Literature, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Alcaeus (Classical Literature, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		The Alcaic strophe (a four-line stanza) said to be his invention was much used by Greek lyrists and greatly admired by Horace who employed it with slight modification.
		See D. Page, Sappho and Alcaeus (1955); H. Martin, Alcaeus (1972); A. Burnett, Three Archaic Poets (1983).
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	Perseus Lookup Tool (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Munich 2416: Late Archaic; Attic Red Figure; Kalathos; Side A: Alcaeus and Sappho
		Munich 2416: Kalathos attributed to the Brygos Painter: Drawing of the side A, showing Alcaeus and Sappho [Image] (4.41)
		A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
	www.perseus.tufts.edu /cgi-bin/vor?type=phrase&alts=0&group=typecat&lookup=Alcaeus&collection=Perseus:collection:Greco-Roman (77 words)

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		Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age Of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch
		The poet Schiller, in one of his pieces called the Ideal and Life, illustrates the contrast between the practical and the imaginative in some beautiful stanzas, of which the last two may be thus translated:
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	Book of Daniel defended
		Although it is not required for proof, we often call upon the testimony of Ezekiel, who refers to Job, Noah, and Daniel, as an indication that Daniel was a real person who could have written his book.
		It is countered that this was not the OT Daniel that Zeke refers to, but rather a pagan wise man of mythology.
		The Greek poet Alcaeus of Lesbos (600 B.C.) mentions that his brother Antimenidas served in the Babylonian army.
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