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	Heracles 1, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com
		King Thespius of Thespiae in Boeotia entertained Heracles 1 for fifty days, and each night bedded one of his daughters with him.
		Olympus is said to have been the pupil of Marsyas, but some say he is Marsyas' father by Hyagnis who invented the music of the double pipes with clever holes.
		Auge 2 was seduced by Heracles 1 and she hid her child with him in the precinct of Athena, whose priesthood she held.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Heracles1.html (5693 words)

	Thespiae
		Thespiæ was said to have been founded by Thespius, a son of Erechtheus, king of Athens.
		It is at the court of Thespius that Heracles undertook the first of his wondrous deeds (though not one of the 12 labors), the killing of the lion of Cithæron.
		So, while the hunt lasted, each night, Thespius managed to have another one of his daughters sleeping with Heracles, who was so exhausted after he had run after the lion for a whole day that he didn't realize the change.
	plato-dialogues.org /tools/loc/thespiae.htm (1387 words)

	Heracles
		Heracles underook the hunt at the request of Thespius, a son of Erechtheus, the king of Athens, himself king of the nearby city of Thespiæ he had founded in Boeotia.
		Thespius had fifty daughters and wanted grand-children from Heracles ; so, while the hunt lasted and Heracles was his host, he managed to have each one of his daughters spend one night with him.
		During a war he waged, and won, against the king of Orchomenus (a city of northern Boeotia) to free Thebes from having to pay him a tribute, his father Amphitryon was killed while fighting on his side.
	plato-dialogues.org /tools/char/heracles.htm (2487 words)

	Dictionary: Hecamede to Hygia, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com
		Helices, counted among the ETHIOPIAN CHIEFS, was in the court of Cepheus 1, during the fight between Phineus 1 and Perseus 1, and was killed by the latter [Ov.Met.5.87].
		Son of Heracles 1 and Procris 1, one of the many daughters of Thespius [Apd.2.7.8].
		Son of Bellerophon and Philonoe, daughter of King Iobates of Lycia (the region on the southern coast of Asia Minor east of Caria).
	www.forumancientcoins.com /cparada/GML/001ShortEntries/SEHecamede.html (4199 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 394 (v. 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		His first great adventure, which happened while he was still watching the oxen of his father, is his fight against and victory over the lion of Cythaeron.
		This animal made great havoc among the flocks of Amphitryon and Thespius (or Thestius), king of Thespiae, and Heracles promised to deliver the country of the monster.
		Thespius, who had fifty daughters, rewarded Heracles by making him his guest so long as the chase lasted, and gave up his daughters to him, each for one night.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/1502.html (1011 words)

	Dictionary: Antimache to Arsippe, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com
		Son of Heracles 1 and Nicippe 2, one of the many daughters of Thespius and Megamede [Apd.2.7.8].
		Son of Heracles 1 and Laothoe 1, one of the many daughters of Thespius [Apd.2.7.8].
		Son of Heracles 1 and Eurypyle 1, one of the many daughters of Thespius [Apd.2.7.8].
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/001ShortEntries/SEAntimache.html (4696 words)

	Royalty.nu - Royal Legends of Greece - Hercules, Hero of Greek Mythology
		He was the strongest man on earth, a fact he demonstrated by single-handedly killing a lion that attacked the cattle of King Thespius of Thespiae.
		After that he always wore the lion's skin as a cloak, with its head as a helmet.
		Thespius was so impressed with mighty young Hecules that he decided that each of his fifty daughters should have Hercules's baby.
	www.royalty.nu /legends/Hercules.html (2428 words)

	Hercules
		By the age of seventeen, Hercules was at least six feet tall and quite adept with a bow and arrow.
		Thespius meanwhile insisted that his fifty daughters each sleep with Hercules to produce him heirs.
		Staying as a guest of the king for fifty days, Hercules unwittingly slept with each daughter unaware of the true traffic in his room and imagined he was only indebted to one of Thespius’s daughters.
	www.geocities.com /aesgaard41/mythuniv_herculesolympus.html (6817 words)

	Full Story of Heracles
		At the age of 18 Heracles hunted an enormous lion(the European lion is now extinct.), which was destroying the flocks of Thespius, king of Thespiae.
		Thespius wanted to have grandchildren by Heracles, when he saw Heracles' incredible strength.
		Another version stated, that King Thespius got Heracles drunk and Heracles had sex with all fifty daughters in one evening.
	members.tripod.com /~Kekrops/Heracles_Full_Story.html (1120 words)

	Heracles
		The king was so impressed by his feat that Thespius entertained the youth as his guest for fifty nights.
		Each night Thespius would send one of his fifty daughters to the hero's room.
		It was said that at this time, Heracles had sent three of his sons from the daughters of King Thespius to the city of Thebes, seven were to remain in Thespiae with their grandfather (Thespius), but the rest (40) migrated to the island of Sardinia.
	www.timelessmyths.com /classical/heracles.html (8611 words)

	Cithaeronian Lion
		Now this Thespius was king of Thespiae, and Hercules went to him when he wished to catch the lion.
		The king entertained him for fifty days, and each night, as Hercules went forth to the hunt, Thespius bedded one of his daughters with him(fifty daughters having been borne to him by Megamede, daughter of Arneus); for he was anxious that all of them should have children by Hercules.
		Thus Hercules, though he thought that his bed-fellow was always the same, had intercourse with them all.1 And having vanquished the lion, he dressed himself in the skin and wore the scalp as a helmet.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Mythology/CithaeronianLion.html (630 words)

	Hercules Myth Part II
		King Thespius and his wife Megamede, daughter of Arneus, were concerned that their fifty beautiful daughters would find unsuitable mates, so they decided that every one of them should have a child by Hercules, who was now busy hunting down the Cithaeron Lion.
		The fifty daughters of King Thespius were last, and it was pathetic the way they flung themselves at my nephew, begging him to at least stay another night.
		He journeyed to Mount Helicon where King Thespius purified him, then my nephew proceeded to Delphi, to inquire of the Pythoness, which is what Apollo's oracle was called, what he should do to make amends.
	www.thanasis.com /mjun99.htm (2983 words)

	Facts and Figures about Heracles
		A few names may be missing in the daughters of Thespius.
		For example, another writer says Thespius' daughter Arge had twins, comparing this Procis who was mentioned in the above list having twins.
		There also seemed to be a son named Antimachus, whose mother was the daughter of Thespius, but was not listed in my list.
	www.timelessmyths.com /classical/fact-heracles.html (257 words)

	Herakles
		He was tried for murder, but he pleaded self-defence and was aquitted.
		Scared that his stepson might kill someone else, Amphitryon sent Herakles away to a cattle ranch, where he then grew to be about 8 feet tall and the stongest man in the world, a fact he demonstrated by single-handedly killing a lion that had been attacking the cattle of King Thespius.
		Thespius was so impresses with the young Herakles, he decided that all 50 of his daughters should have Herakles Baby.
	www.janih.com /kitiana/greek/herakles.html (927 words)

	Heracles, The Lion of Cithaeron, and the Minyans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		[10] Now this Thespius was king of Thespiae, and Heracles went to him when he wished to catch the lion.
		The king entertained him for fifty days, and each night, as Heracles went forth to the hunt, Thespius bedded one of his daughters with him (fifty daughters having been born to him by Megamede, daughter of Arneus); for he was anxious that all of them should have children by Heracles.
		Thus Heracles, though he thought that his bed-fellow was always the same, had intercourse with them all.
	www3.baylor.edu /~John_Thorburn/HeraclesLionMinyans.html (389 words)

	Classical Mythology: Training a Hero — Infoplease.com
		With an eye toward a future dynasty, he resolved that each of his 50 daughters would have a child by Heracles.
		Many Greeks consider this feat of procreation the “13th labor” of Heracles, as formidable in its way as the 12 labors that followed it.
		Along the way, he met a group of Minyans, the noble clan that ruled the city of Orchomenus—and, at this time, Thebes as well.
	www.infoplease.com /cig/mythology/training-hero.html (1059 words)

	Immortal Journey: The Tales of Heracles, Leo, Cancer, Sagittarius, Centaurus, Draco, Sagitta and Cerberus. Chapter 1: ...
		King Thespius listened patiently to the savage young man as he detailed how he would track and kill the lion.
		Although the king nodded in agreement every few minutes and said that he would give Alceides a comfortable home while he tracked the lion, the king was primarily impressed by the young man's strength and good looks and he came up with a plan of his own.
		Then, each night, under the veil of darkness, a daughter of Thespius appeared at Alceides' bed and made love with him until sunrise.
	www.business-esolutions.com /starmyths/myths/heracles01.htm (3379 words)

	Ovid's Heroides IX: Introduction and Commentary
		In return, Thespius let Hercules stay as a guest in his palace during the hunt, and also offered his daughters to the young hero.
		Hercules slept with all fifty of them in a single night, and according to legend they all had children by him (according to Apollodorus, one of them had twins, so the total number of offspring was actually fifty-one).
		It seems to have come from the lion he killed for King Thespius when he was young, but some accounts make it the skin of the Nemean lion.
	english.edgewood.edu /heroides/hero09ic.htm (4365 words)

	MythNET - Hercules
		At the age of eighteen, Hercules spent fifty days trying to kill the lion of Cithaeron.
		Each night he returned to the palace of King Thespius.
		Because King Thespius wanted to have Hercules father his grand-children, he put one of his fifty daughters in Hercules' bed each night.
	www.classicsunveiled.com /mythnet/html/hercules.html (939 words)

	Thespius * People, Places, & Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
		Thespius * People, Places, and Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
		The founder of the city of Thespiae in Boeotia; Thespius and Megamede were the parents of fifty daughters, all of whom bore sons to Herakles (Heracles).
		Cut and paste the following text for use in a paper or electronic document report.
	www.messagenet.com /myths/ppt/Thespius_1.html (221 words)

	1999 Curriculum
		According to Michael Simpson, "When he was only eight years old, he hunted an enormous lion that ravaged the flocks of Thespius, the king of the nearby town, Thespiae.
		Upon seeing how tall, strong, and handsome Heracles was, Thespius was determined to have grandchildren fathered by him" (91-98).
		Each night Thespius would send one of his fifty daughters to Heracles' bed.
	www.cfep.uci.edu /uci-sati/faculty/arthur_espinosa_full.html (5624 words)

	The Children of Herakles
		The story of King Thespius and his fifty daughters is pretty well known.
		For fifty nights Thespius entertained Heracles and in return he was asked to give Thespius fifty sons.
		But a fact that might not be well known is that Thespius’ eldest daughter Procris had twin sons, Antileon (usually the only one mentioned) and Hippeus.
	people.uncw.edu /deagona/herakles/offspring.htm (1913 words)

	The Ten Labor's of Hercules - Turkish Daily News Jul 15, 1998
		The legends about Hercules are sometimes a bit overpowering, like the time when he was 18 years old and killed a ferocious lion, which had come to devour Amphitryon's herd.
		In modern times there are many heroes -- men that children and adults look up to; people like basketball or football players and cinema and music heroes.
		The hero, while waiting for the beast, hid in the house of King Thespius and -- before the invention of viagra -- legend recounts that he made use of the occasion by laying in a single night with his host's 50 daughters.
	www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /archives.php?id=8022 (2402 words)

	YOUR DICTIONARY -Herculean
		His other exploits included erecting the Pillars of Hercules (Gates of Gibraltar) with the aid of his father, Zeus, and tricking Atlas into holding the world on his shoulders again.
		In addition, he provided 50 sons for King Thespius by impregnating 49 of the king's 50 daughters in one night.
		He also inaugurated the Olympian Games, in honor of Zeus, and won every event in the first Olympics.
	website.lineone.net /~ssleightholm/dict/glossary/hercules.htm (522 words)

	Heracles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Here, he was visited by two nymphs - Pleasure and Virtue - who offered him a choice between a pleasant and easy life or a severe but glorious life.
		One of Heracles's challenges was put to him by King Thespius of Thespia who wished him to kill the Lion of Cithaeron.
		As a reward, the king offered him the chance to impregnate each of his 50 daughters.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Heracles (3239 words)

	Real Legendary Journeys - Season 1 - Episode 8
		Standing briefly silhouetted on the top before slipping and sliding down the steep soft fl dune of sand, the fifty daughters of King Thespius still had enough breath left to call out to him.
		He couldn't seem to remember how to be that nice, helpful polite demigod he'd always been before: before his family had been taken from him, before he'd decided that it was safer for everyone if he travelled alone.
		Hercules held out his arm to the salesman who looked at it with a puzzled frown until he realised what he was supposed to do with it.
	members.tripod.com /ceryndip/sea1ep8.htm (16230 words)

	Animation World Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Hercules' own sex life would certainly have been found objectionable.
		In one exploit, he is reported -- while drunk, yet -- to have impregnated the fifty daughters of Thespius in a single night.
		Certainly the Baptists would have felt obligated to censure his transvestitism while he served as the boy-toy of Queen Omphale, not to mention his enthusiastically pederastic affair with the boy Hylas.
	mag.awn.com /index.php?article_no=737 (657 words)

	Hercules (or Heracles)
		When at eighteen, he stopped growing and stood four cubits and one foot tall, he was first successful in the face of danger as he killed a lion that was ravaging the countryside around Mount Cithaeron.
		In reward for this the local king, Thespius, gave him his fifty daughters, for he wanted grandsons by the hero.
		These fifty sons of Hercules later colonized Sardinia.
	www.themystica.com /mythical-folk/articles/hercules_or_heracles.html (3037 words)

	Laelaps Kuvasz Kennel - Introduction
		However, as in most Greek myths, everything good must end.
		Athena had a human friend named Procris, daughter of Thespius.
		As a wedding present, Athena gave Procris a magic spear which would always hit anything at which it was thrown, and Laelaps.
	home1.gte.net /kuvasz/intro.htm (711 words)

	Heracles
		Pleasure promised him ease and enjoyment; Virtue, hard work and glory.
		Before returning to his native city, Heracles hunted down and killed the huge hungry lion of Cithaeron that had been destroying the flocks of Amphitryon and of Thespius (or Thestius), the king of Thespiae.
		As a reward for saving his cattle, Thespius entertained the brave youth royally and offered him his fifty daughters.
	www.the-pantheon.com /heracles_main.htm (2771 words)

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