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  2. Pelopia (daughter of Thyestes) - Wikipedia

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    So when Pelopia, who at the time stayed in Sicyon at the court of king Thesprotus, came to the bank of a river to wash her clothes that had been stained with blood during a sacrificial rite, Thyestes, covering his face, attacked and raped her. She managed to pull out his sword and kept it so she could recognize her offender.

  3. Pelopia - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, Pelopia or Pelopea or Pelopeia (Ancient Greek: Πελόπεια) was a name attributed to four individuals: Pelopia, a Theban princess as one of the Niobids, children of King Amphion and Niobe, daughter of King Tantalus of Lydia. She was slain by Artemis. [1]

  4. Thyatira - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] In classical times, Thyatira stood on the border between Lydia and Mysia. During the Roman era, (1st century AD), it was famous for its dyeing facilities and was a center of the purple cloth trade. [citation needed] Among the ancient ruins of the city, inscriptions have been found relating to the guild of dyers in the city. Indeed, more ...

  5. Cambridge Lecturer Convicted of Downloading Child Porn - AOL

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    Within their first few weeks on the British campus, all the philosophy students at Cambridge had heard the stories about Peter Smith. He taught logic to all the freshmen.

  6. Lydia Hamilton Smith - Wikipedia

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    In the 1915 film The Birth of a Nation, Representative Austin Stoneman (played by Ralph Lewis) and his housekeeper Lydia Brown (played by Mary Alden) are considered as standing for Thaddeus Stevens and Lydia Hamilton Smith. Lydia Hamilton Smith died in Washington on her 71st birthday in 1884 and, per her wishes, was buried in St. Mary's ...

  7. Lydian religion - Wikipedia

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    The temple of Artemis in Sardis, capital of Lydia. The early Lydian religion exhibited strong connections to Anatolian as well as Greek traditions. [2]Although Lydia had been conquered by the Persian Achaemenid Empire in c. 547 BC, native Lydian traditions were not destroyed by Persian rule, and most Lydian inscriptions were written during this period.

  8. Aegisthus - Wikipedia

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    Aegisthus was the son of Thyestes and Thyestes's own daughter Pelopia, an incestuous union motivated by his father's rivalry with the house of Atreus for the throne of Mycenae. Aegisthus murdered Atreus in order to restore his father to power, ruling jointly with him, only to be driven from power by Atreus's son Agamemnon. In another version ...

  9. A complete timeline of Rupert Murdoch’s marriages as he ...

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    Murdoch, 92, and Smith, 66, are set to wed in late summer, according to the New York Post. The couple have said they are “looking forward to spending the second half of our lives together”.