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1148:(2000), is a loose retelling of the ancient myth set in Nazi Germany and Europe, largely exploring the complex subjects of identity, time, and memory. The English translation is titled
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English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.
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English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921.
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95:Astydameia
35:Prince of
29:Amphitryon
1471:Perseides
1453:Sthenelus
1437:Electryon
1377:Pausanias
1317:farewell.
1186:Pausanias
1144:'s novel
915:burlesque
901:Sophocles
881:Euripides
840:Pterelaos
806:Sthenelus
773:Mythology
763:Electryon
755:Licymnius
747:Electryon
745:(wife of
739:Menoeceus
735:Hipponome
618:eponymous
467:Narcissus
443:Pirithous
364:Labyrinth
277:Argonauts
193:Olympians
70:Genealogy
1443:King of
1289:31 March
1249:30 March
1230:Seneca:
1129:'s play
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974:(1613).
876:Heracles
852:Heracles
848:Iphicles
844:Cephalus
836:Comaetho
829:Dionysus
821:Taphians
795:Panopeus
767:Heracles
751:Perimede
614:Plautine
512:Centaurs
472:Meleager
414:Phaethon
371:Atalanta
359:Daedalus
335:Minotaur
258:Odysseus
246:Diomedes
236:Achilles
224:Heracles
208:Chthonic
145:a series
143:Part of
133:Iphicles
125:Children
109:Perimede
101:Siblings
1445:Mycenae
1370:3298322
1152:(2003).
1055:Molière
1050:(1968).
1027:Alkmene
1012:Molière
994:Phaedra
986:Molière
935:Molière
905:Plautus
871:Minyans
864:Laonome
802:Mycenae
791:Mycenae
787:Troezen
783:Argolis
759:Alcmene
749:), and
727:Laonome
711:Argolis
703:Alcaeus
638:Olympus
630:Mercury
622:Jupiter
604:Molière
517:Dragons
499:Related
489:Amazons
352:Chimera
347:Pegasus
330:Theseus
323:Orphism
318:Orpheus
306:Oedipus
289:Perseus
264:Odyssey
229:Labours
175:Deities
129:Laonome
119:Alcmene
115:Consort
91:Alcaeus
87:Parents
1394:3 vols
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1192:8.14.2
810:Thebes
779:Tiryns
731:Guneus
719:Pelops
707:Tiryns
634:Hermes
507:Satyrs
484:Otrera
431:Pelops
406:Aeneid
400:Aeneas
393:Thebes
388:Cadmus
311:Sphinx
299:Gorgon
294:Medusa
241:Hector
198:Nymphs
188:Titans
80:Tiryns
64:Thebes
37:Tiryns
1366:JSTOR
1176:2.4.5
1157:Notes
1091:film
814:Creon
781:, in
743:Anaxo
725:, or
695:Latin
272:Jason
203:Water
105:Anaxo
60:Abode
1291:2023
1278:ISBN
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1238:ISBN
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