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  2. Odyssey - Wikipedia

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    Since the late 19th century, many papyri containing fragments of the Odyssey have been found in Egypt, some with content different from later medieval versions. [20] In 2018, the Greek Cultural Ministry revealed a clay tablet discovered near the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, containing 13 verses from the Odyssey 's 14th book. While it was ...

  3. List of rape victims from ancient history and mythology

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    Persephone; raped by her uncle Hades and in Orphic tradition by her father Zeus disguised as a snake or as Hades himself. This resulted in the birth of Zagreus and Melinoë. Philomela; raped by her brother-in-law Tereus. Procris; raped by Minos. Rhea; raped by her son Zeus. Tyro; raped by Poseidon in the form of her beloved, the river-god Enipeus.

  4. Odyssey (George Chapman translation) - Wikipedia

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    Chapman’s Odyssey contributed to iambic pentameter becoming the meter of choice for English translations of Greek and Latin hexameter. [2] John Keats was famously moved by Chapman's Iliad and Odyssey, and especially admired the beauty of one of Chapman's metaphors: "The sea has soakt has heart through".

  5. Persephone - Wikipedia

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    Zeus also turned himself into a serpent and raped Rhea, which resulted in the birth of Persephone. [56] Afterwards, Rhea became Demeter. [57] Persephone was born so deformed that Rhea ran away from her frightened, and did not breastfeed Persephone. [56] Zeus then mates with Persephone, who gives birth to Dionysus.

  6. Hades - Wikipedia

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    Persephone did not submit to Hades willingly, but was abducted by him while picking flowers in the fields of Nysa (her father, Zeus, had previously given Persephone to Hades, to be his wife, as is stated in the first lines of the Homeric Hymn to Demeter). In protest of his act, Demeter cast a curse on the land and there was a great famine ...

  7. Rape of Persephone - Wikipedia

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    The Rape of Persephone, or Abduction of Persephone, is a classical mythological subject in Western art, depicting the abduction of Persephone by Hades.In this context, the word Rape refers to the traditional translation of the Latin raptus ('seized' or 'carried off') which refers to bride kidnapping rather than the potential ensuing sexual violence.

  8. Cretan Lie - Wikipedia

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    The Cretan Lie refers to an episode within the Odyssey in which Odysseus relays a fabricated story of his exploits against Egypt to the loyal swine herd, Eumaeus.This story has been subjected to much inquiry in the field of the history and archaeology of the end of the Late Bronze Age.

  9. Zeus - Wikipedia

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    Zeus (/ zj uː s /, Ancient Greek: Ζεύς) [a] is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and mythology, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus.. Zeus is the child of Cronus and Rhea, the youngest of his siblings to be born, though sometimes reckoned the eldest as the others required disgorging from Cronus's stomach.