| | Greek sea gods - Free Encyclopedia of Thelema |
 | | The sea could therefore stand as a powerful symbol of the unknown and otherwordly. |
 | | Thus Cape Tanaerum, the point at which mainland Greece juts most sharply into the Mediterranean, was at once an important sailor's landmark, a shrine of Poseidon, and the point at which Orpheus and Heracles were said to have entered Hades. |
 | | This motif is apparent in the paradoxical festivals of the shadowy sea-deity Leucothea ("white goddess"), celebrated in many cities throughout the Greek world. |
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