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Euphorion (mythology)

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caught him and with a blow knocked him down. According to another version, Zeus fell in love with him, but he did not reciprocate his love. Euphorion escaped from Zeus, but the god caught him on the island of
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and hit him with lightning, killing him. He also forbade his burial, but the island
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Bartelink, Dr. G.J.M. (1988). Prisma van de mythologie. Utrecht: Het Spectrum
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did bury him - and were changed into frogs for having disobeyed Zeus.
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Euphorion was born when his parents had already been dwelling in the
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Euphorion, a hubristic youth, attempted to fly to heaven but
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Part 2. In this book, he is son of Faust and Helen of Troy.
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Pierre Grimal The Dictionary of Classical Mythology,
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Index

Greek mythology
Ancient Greek
Achilles
Helen
Land of the Blessed
Zeus
Milos
nymphs
Goethe
Faust
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Metamorphoses in Greek mythology
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Acanthus
Acmon
Aëdon
Aegolius
Aegypius
Aëtos
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