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" Earth's daughters : "
Betty Bonham Lies.
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BL
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947726
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b702096
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Lies, Betty Bonham.
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Earth's daughters : : stories of women in classical mythology /\ Betty Bonham Lies.
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Golden, Colo. :: Fulcrum Resources,, 1999.
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1 online resource (xvi, 192 pages) :: illustrations
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0585288933
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: 9780585288932
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1555914144
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-188) and index.
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| Contents
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Gaia : the mother of everything -- In the beginning -- How the world began -- Zeus's revenge : Pandora -- The five ages of man -- The flood : Pyrrha and Deucalion -- The unforgetable sin, pride -- The eternal weaver, Arachne -- Sorrow in stone : Niobe -- The Pierides challenge the Muses -- The sisters who scorned Bacchus -- The proud queen : Cassiopeia and her daughter Andromeda -- Galanthis the Gallant -- The jealous goddess : Hera -- The terrible punishment : Io -- Hera's revenge : Callisto -- The singer : Canens -- Consumed by love : Semele -- The most beautiful woman in the world : Helen -- The wise goddess : Athena -- The princess with the golden thread : Ariadne -- The girl who rescued a hero : Nausicaa -- Standing up for the right : Antigone -- A daughter's vengeance : Electra -- Iphigenia in Tauris -- The hunter goddess : Artemis -- Daphne and Apollo -- The warrior women : The Amazons -- The swiftest runner : Atalanta -- The Naiad who became music : Syrinx -- The nymph of the spring : Arethusa -- The goddess of love : Aphrodite -- Dido, the Queen of Carthage -- The lovers of the sun : Clytie and Leucothoe -- The last word : Echo -- A daughter's betrayal : Scylla -- Forbidden love : Pyramus and Thisbe -- Hero and Leander -- The invisible lover : Psyche and Cupid -- Loved by a monster : Galatea -- Orpheus and Eurydice -- The prize princess : Hippodamia -- The nymph of the orchard : Pomona and Vertumnus -- The girl with a heart of stone : Anaxarete -- A love made of ivory : Pygmalion and Galatea -- The princess and the bull : Europa -- The goddess of hearth and home : Hestia -- The constant wife : Penelope -- The devoted couple : Alcyone and Ceyx -- Hosts to the gods : Baucis and Philemon -- Faithful to death : Egeria, Evadne, and Alcestis -- Goddess of the earth and fruitfulness : Demeter and Persephone -- The unknown guest : Metranira -- My sister Dryope -- The tragic mother of Troy : Hecabe -- The goddess of enchantment : Hecate -- Enchanting Circe -- The beautiful witch : Medea -- The terrible Medusa -- Scylla and Charybdis -- From maiden to monster : Scylla and Glaucus -- Mistress of the riddle : the Sphinx -- The power of prophecy -- The goddess of justice : Themis -- The Sybil of Cumae -- Oenone, the healer -- The centaur's daughter : Ocyrhoe -- The prophetess nobody believed : Cassandra.
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"Who's Who" of women in classical mythology! The stories in this collection will not only satisfy the mythology lover and feminine scholar but make an outstanding curriculum supplement for humanities or literatures courses in elementary and high school. They are especially appropriate for courses emphasizing a returning emphasis on classical literature. -- Provided by publisher.
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Goddesses, Greek.
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Goddesses, Roman.
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Mythology, Classical.
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Women-- Mythology-- Greece.
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Women-- Mythology-- Rome.
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BODY, MIND SPIRIT-- Spirituality-- Paganism Neo-Paganism.
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Goddesses, Greek.
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Goddesses, Roman.
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Mythology, Classical.
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RELIGION-- Antiquities Archaeology.
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Women-- Mythology.
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Greece.
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Rome (Empire)
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| Dewey Classification
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292.1/3
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BL795.W65L54 1999eb
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