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his image stood in a hollow rock, formed in the shape of a grotto. Every year before sacrifices were offered to the Muses, a funeral sacrifice was offered to him, and dirges (linoi) were sung in his honour. His tomb was claimed both by the city of Argos and by Thebes. Chalcis in Euboea likewise
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Orpheus and
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743:by Heracles
184:Apollodorus
127:Terpsichore
125:, (6) Muse
105:, (2) Muse
54:440/35 BC.
1639:Categories
1491:Theocritus
1438:, 9.29.7
1325:Prologue 4
1300:Eustathius
1298:, 9.29.3;
1214:Prologue 4
1155:2017-05-24
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895:References
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827:Hyacinthus
804:Hephaestus
769:Amphitryon
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111:Amphimarus
1562:Euripides
1549:Sophocles
1541:Agamemnon
1536:Aeschylus
1471:Athenaeus
1436:Pausanias
1411:Athenaeus
1400:Chiliades
1372:10.11.2;
1296:Pausanias
1280:Hyginus,
1230:Chronicon
1135:18.570-72
1058:Chiliades
1042:Lycophron
922:Pausanias
831:Narcissus
796:Pausanias
776:Athenaeus
720:by Apollo
707:, son of
676:Phoenicia
654:Mythology
604:Biography
570:Offspring
367:Ismenius
194:Pausanias
143:Chalciope
113:, son of
1366:Eusebius
1357:Suidas,
924:, 9.29.6
920:18.541;
878:Namesake
808:Achilles
761:Heracles
749:Thamyris
697:Thamyras
641:Pelasgic
637:Dionysus
610:threnody
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452:Aethuse
199:Diogenes
168:Sources
161:Relation
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115:Poseidon
95:Calliope
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1573:Orestes
1516:scholia
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1282:Fabulae
1131:Homer,
1054:Tzetzes
1038:Tzetzes
1023:, s.v.
984:Fabulae
980:Hyginus
970:, fr. 1
958:, 1.3.2
941:, s.v.
843:Maneros
835:Glaucus
753:Musaeus
705:Acastus
701:Hyginus
692:Marsyas
574:Pierus
537:Sibling
508:Pierus
254:Urania
221:Parents
214:Contest
209:Tzetzes
189:Hyginus
147:Orpheus
139:Aethusa
99:Oeagrus
34:on the
32:Musaeus
1585:Phot.
1496:24.103
1487:3.67.1
1389:Aelian
1374:Tatian
1329:Suidas
1270:3.67.6
1246:3.67.1
1225:Jerome
1195:7.56.5
1176:3.67.4
1091:1, 314
1072:, s.v.
1021:Suidas
968:Hesiod
939:Suidas
908:Nonnus
855:Sappho
839:Adonis
784:Alexis
757:Thebes
709:Pelias
664:Thebes
660:Cadmus
626:Hesiod
179:Hesiod
165:Names
135:Magnes
123:Hermes
107:Urania
103:Apollo
86:Family
60:Louvre
1593:p. 99
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1506:Homer
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1359:s.v.
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1587:Lex.
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