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    Eagle that ate the liver of Prometheus. Pherecydes also names Prometheus' eagle, and adds Ladon (though Pherecydes does not use this name), the dragon that...
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    14–241.12 Schrad.) or Pherecydes of Syros, both of whom are presumed to be active in the 6th century B.C.E., though Pherecydes is earlier and as he is...
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  • own metaphysical cosmogonies, with their own primordial deities: Pherecydes of Syros, (c. 600–550 BC) in his Heptamychia, wrote that there were three...
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    Argiope, Antiope, Damno or Tyro. He was the brother of Europa, Cadmus, Cilix, Syros, Isaia and Melia. In some accounts, Phoenix's father was called King Belus...
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    are the teachers of Pythagoras – Pherecydes of Syros and Thales. Thales has been painted as a Jew, while Pherecydes was mistakenly believed to be a Syrian...
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    space, the expanse of air, the nether abyss or infinite darkness. Pherecydes of Syros (fl. 6th century BC) interprets chaos as water, like something formless...
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  • BC). Of the Milesian school. Believed that all was made of water. Pherecydes of Syros (c. 620 – c. 550 BC). Cosmologist. Anaximander of Miletus (c. 610...
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    enticing expression and the turn of her head there is almost exactly that of Van Stuck's enchantress as she holds out the poisoned bowl. It suggests the use...
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    ISBN 978-0-8387-5035-3 L. Day, Peggy (1999), "Anat", in Toorn, Karel van der; Becking, Bob; Horst, Pieter Willem van der (eds.), Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the...
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    are the roots and the ends of the earth, sky, sea, and Tartarus. Pherecydes of Syros (6th century BC), believed that there were three pre-existent divine...
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    and Hephaestus and the Earth-child (chthonios). Strabo, 10.3.21 citing Pherecydes. "ToposText". topostext.org. "Plutarch, Amatorius, section 18". www.perseus...
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    the cow. Prithvi may be identified with the Greek goddess Gaia. Pherecydes of Syros in his cosmogony describes the mating of two divine principles: The...
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  • Sphaîra)) The Hellespontine Sibyl (c. 6th century BC) Sibylline Books Pherecydes of Syros (6th century BCE) Heptamychia Ctesias (fifth century BC) Persica...
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    museums. London: Harvard University Press. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2009). Lucien van Beek (ed.). Etymological Dictionary of Greek. Leiden Indo-European Etymological...
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    (2010). Etymological Dictionary of Greek. With the assistance of Lucien van Beek. Leiden, Boston: Brill. pp. 461–2. ISBN 978-90-04-17418-4. Joann Gulizio...
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    mythology, where he was nursed by nymphs (the Nysiads), although Pherecydes of Syros had postulated nũsa as an archaic word for "tree" by the sixth century...
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    Callisto the daughter of Lycaon, Asius called her the daughter of Nycteus, Pherecydes called her the daughter of Ceteus, and Hesiod called her a nymph. (Apollodorus...
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    Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy 3. 390 Scholia on Pindar, Pythian Odes 4.160 citing Pherecydes Pausanias, Description of Greece 10. 11. 1 Apollodorus, 3.10.4. Apollodorus...
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    Greek–English Lexicon s.v. σκυλεύω A Greek–English Lexicon s.v. σκυλλώ van der Toorn, Becking & van der Horst 1999, p. 670. Fontenrose 1959, p. 18. Mayhew et al...
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    immediately, Heracles realized his mistake and apologized profusely (Pherecydes wrote that Heracles stretched his arrow at him menacingly, but Helios...
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    Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library 1.2 Van Kooy 2016, pp. 166–167. Van Kooy 2016, p. 166. Van Kooy 2016, pp. 165–166. Van Kooy 2016, p. 165. Bertagnolli 2016...
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    402d–402e Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, p. 324. van der Toorn, Karel; Becking, Bob; van der Horst, Pieter Willem (1999), Dictionary of Deities...
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    confines of Tartarus. In a different cosmogonic account presented by Pherecydes of Syros, male deity Zas (identified as Zeus) marries female divinity Chthonie...
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    by Van Teslaar. Van Teslaar, "The Death of Pan: a classical instance of verbal misinterpretation", The Psychoanalytic Review 8 (1921:180–83). Van Teslaar...
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  • Phenomenology of Perception Phenomenology of religion Phenomenon Pherecydes of Syros Phi Sigma Tau Philanthropreneur Philanthropy Philebus Philia Philip...
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