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149 This was during the wars with the Titans.
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50 --Amphitryon's son, Hercules, born to Jove by Alcmena, the wife of
Amphitryon.
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51 --Ægiale daughter of Adrastus. The Cyclic poets (See Anthon's
Lempriere, s. v.) assert Venus incited her to infidelity, in
revenge for the wound she had received from her husband.
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52 --Pherae, a town of Pelasgiotis, in Thessaly.
53 --Tlepolemus, son of Hercules and Astyochia. Having left his native
country, Argos, in consequence of the accidental murder of
Liscymnius, he was commanded by an oracle to retire to Rhodes. Here
he was chosen king, and accompanied the Trojan expedition. After his
death, certain games were instituted at Rhodes in his honour, the
victors being rewarded with crowns of poplar.
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54 These heroes' names have since passed into a kind of proverb,
designating the oi polloi or mob.
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55 --Spontaneous open.
"Veil'd with his gorgeous wings, upspringing light
Flew through the midst of heaven; th' angelic quires,
On each hand parting, to his speed gave way
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