| Part 1: The Beginning of All Things |
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3 | (10) |
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Stories That Mean Something |
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4 | (5) |
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Why Does the Rain Fall from Up Above? (Why Do Fools Fall in Love?) |
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Which Came First: The Chicken or the Egg? |
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7 | (1) |
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The Sacred and the Profane (and the Heroic) |
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8 | (1) |
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The Tellers and Their Tales |
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9 | (4) |
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9 | (2) |
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A Dash of Heroism, a Handful of Fate |
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11 | (1) |
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12 | (1) |
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13 | (12) |
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The Big Bang Theory: Creation Through Procreation |
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14 | (3) |
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14 | (1) |
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A Garden of Earthly Delights |
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15 | (1) |
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15 | (2) |
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17 | (1) |
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A Work in Progress: The Ages of Man |
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18 | (2) |
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18 | (1) |
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19 | (1) |
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Coming in Third: The Bronze Medal |
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20 | (1) |
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Hard as Nails: The Iron Man |
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20 | (1) |
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20 | (5) |
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21 | (1) |
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Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice? Not Quite! |
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22 | (3) |
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3 Hey, I've Heard That Before! The Roots of Classical Myth |
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25 | (14) |
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26 | (1) |
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27 | (3) |
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27 | (1) |
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27 | (2) |
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Recipe for Creation: Take One Divine Body, Break It in Two |
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29 | (1) |
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Hey, That Sounds Familiar! |
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30 | (1) |
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30 | (6) |
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31 | (1) |
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32 | (1) |
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The Goddess of (Unrequited) Love: Ishtar |
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32 | (1) |
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33 | (2) |
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A Hero in the Classical Mold |
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35 | (1) |
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The Mother of All Goddesses |
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36 | (2) |
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A Goddess by Any Other Name |
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36 | (1) |
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37 | (1) |
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There's No DNA Test for the Paternity of Mythologies |
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38 | (1) |
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39 | (16) |
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40 | (1) |
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The Poet as Performance Artist |
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40 | (3) |
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41 | (1) |
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Never Refuse a Muse: Hesiod |
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42 | (1) |
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43 | (5) |
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43 | (2) |
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The Dramatist as War Hero: Aeschylus |
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45 | (1) |
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The Dramatist as Civic Leader: Sophocles |
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46 | (1) |
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The Dramatist as Realist: Euripides |
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47 | (1) |
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48 | (2) |
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48 | (1) |
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The Myths of History, Biography, and Geography |
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49 | (1) |
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The Grandeur That Was Rome |
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50 | (7) |
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The Poet as Propagandist: Uergil |
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51 | (1) |
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The Poet as Storyteller: Ovid |
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52 | (1) |
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52 | (3) |
| Part 2: Welcome to the Pantheon: The Greek Gods |
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55 | (66) |
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57 | (10) |
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57 | (4) |
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Too Many Hands, Not Enough Eyes |
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58 | (1) |
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58 | (1) |
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59 | (1) |
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60 | (1) |
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61 | (2) |
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61 | (1) |
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A Tale That's Hard to Swallow |
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61 | (2) |
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63 | (1) |
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63 | (4) |
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Three Hundred Helping Hands |
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63 | (1) |
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64 | (3) |
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6 The Reign of Thunder and Lightning: Olympus Under Zeus |
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67 | (14) |
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68 | (4) |
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King of Gods, God of Kings |
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68 | (2) |
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70 | (1) |
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70 | (2) |
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A Heavenly Marriage? Hera and Zeus |
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72 | (3) |
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72 | (1) |
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Hades Hath No Fury Like a Goddess Scorned |
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73 | (2) |
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Surf and Turf: The Brothers of Zeus |
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75 | (3) |
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75 | (1) |
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Beastly Couplings, Beastly Children |
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75 | (2) |
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77 | (1) |
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Home and Harvest: The Sisters of Hera |
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78 | (3) |
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Home Is Where the Hearth Is |
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78 | (1) |
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79 | (2) |
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7 The A Team: Olympians All |
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81 | (16) |
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First in War, First in Peace: Athena |
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82 | (2) |
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A Surefire Cure for a Migraine: Athena's Birth |
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82 | (1) |
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Liar ! What Is It Good For? |
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83 | (1) |
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A Not-So-Immaculate Conception |
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83 | (1) |
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Three's a Crowd: The Olympian Love Triangle |
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84 | (5) |
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The Heavenly Castoff: Hephaestus |
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84 | (2) |
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Fear and Loathing on Mount Olympus: Ares |
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86 | (1) |
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First of the Red-Hot Lovers: Aphrodite |
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86 | (1) |
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87 | (1) |
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88 | (1) |
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Night of the Hunters: Artemis and Apollo |
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89 | (5) |
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90 | (2) |
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The Temperamental Musician: Apollo |
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92 | (2) |
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The Little Rascal: Hermes |
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94 | (3) |
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8 Friends, Fairies, and Fairy Tale Monsters |
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97 | (12) |
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98 | (6) |
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98 | (1) |
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From Dusk to Dawn: The Sisters of Helios |
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99 | (1) |
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Dark Goddesses: Hecate and Styx |
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100 | (2) |
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102 | (1) |
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103 | (1) |
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The Fairy Tale World: Giants, Ogres, and Monsters |
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104 | (5) |
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Big Trouble on Olympus: The War with the Giants |
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104 | (2) |
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The Mother of All Monsters! |
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106 | (3) |
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9 Eat, Drink, and Be Merry: Dionysus |
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109 | (12) |
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Turning Water Into Wine: How Dionysus Came to Be |
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110 | (2) |
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Be Careful What You Wish For |
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110 | (1) |
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Kids Will Be Kids-Literally |
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111 | (1) |
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Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll: Dionysus on Tour |
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112 | (5) |
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The Original Flower Child |
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113 | (1) |
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The Star and His Groupies |
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113 | (1) |
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114 | (1) |
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Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Wine! |
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115 | (1) |
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Homecoming Queen: Pentheus of Thebes |
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116 | (1) |
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Madness Is the Best Revenge |
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117 | (1) |
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The Kindness of Strangers |
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117 | (6) |
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118 | (1) |
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All That's Gold Does Not Glitter |
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119 | (1) |
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119 | (2) |
| Part 3: Everyone Needs a Hero |
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121 | (128) |
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10 The Model Hero: Perseus |
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123 | (10) |
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Against All Odds: Perseus's Conception, Birth, and Youth |
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124 | (2) |
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124 | (1) |
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125 | (1) |
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125 | (1) |
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A Face Only a Mother Could Love |
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126 | (2) |
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A Little Help from My Friends |
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126 | (1) |
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The Gray Women: Their Sisters' Keepers |
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127 | (1) |
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128 | (1) |
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128 | (3) |
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129 | (1) |
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A Damsel in Distress: The Rescue of Andremeda |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (1) |
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131 | (2) |
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11 What the Hell? Adventures in the Underworld |
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133 | (12) |
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Hades Takes a Wife: Persephone |
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134 | (3) |
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Where Have All the Flowers Gone? |
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134 | (1) |
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The Long Winter of Her Discontent |
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134 | (1) |
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135 | (1) |
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136 | (1) |
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The Cunning Rogue: Sisyphus |
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137 | (3) |
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137 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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138 | (2) |
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The Not-So-Heavenly Host: Tantalus |
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140 | (2) |
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142 | (3) |
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Following Love to Hell and Back |
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142 | (1) |
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143 | (2) |
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12 Even the Wisest Cannot See: Oedipus the King |
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145 | (12) |
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A House Divided: Oedipus's Ancestors |
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146 | (3) |
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Watch Where You're Looking: The Heirs of Cadmus |
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147 | (1) |
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148 | (1) |
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Exile and Triumphant Return |
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149 | (3) |
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149 | (1) |
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150 | (1) |
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151 | (1) |
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152 | (1) |
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The Blind Leading the Blind |
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152 | (2) |
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A Tainted Legacy: The Curse of Oedipus |
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154 | (3) |
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The Curse Becomes a Blessing |
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154 | (1) |
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The Sins of the Father Part II |
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155 | (2) |
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13 The Labors of Heracles |
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157 | (16) |
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The Wonder Years: The Birth and Youth of Heracles |
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158 | (4) |
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158 | (1) |
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159 | (2) |
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Marriage, Madness, and Murder |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (7) |
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Beastly Chores: The First Four Labors |
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162 | (2) |
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Even More Beastly Chores: The Second Four Labors |
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164 | (2) |
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The Far Corners of the Earth: The Final Four Labors |
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166 | (3) |
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169 | (4) |
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Lydia, Oh Lydia, Oh Have You Seen Lydia? |
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169 | (1) |
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170 | (1) |
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Fatal Attraction: Deianira |
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170 | (3) |
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14 Crimes of Passion: Jason, Medea, and the Argonauts |
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173 | (14) |
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174 | (3) |
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The Other Shoe Drops: The Return of Jason |
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174 | (1) |
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Golden Fleece? What Golden Fleece? |
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175 | (1) |
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176 | (1) |
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177 | (5) |
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177 | (1) |
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178 | (1) |
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Winged Avengers and Clashing Rocks |
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179 | (1) |
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Witch Way to the Golden Fleece |
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180 | (2) |
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Crime and Punishment: The Long Way Home |
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182 | (3) |
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Am I My Brother's Keeper? |
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182 | (1) |
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183 | (1) |
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183 | (1) |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (2) |
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Beware of Colchians Bearing Gifts |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (1) |
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15 Lucky in War, Unlucky in Love: Theseus |
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187 | (12) |
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Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? |
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188 | (1) |
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189 | (2) |
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189 | (1) |
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189 | (1) |
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190 | (1) |
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190 | (1) |
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191 | (1) |
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191 | (3) |
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Maternal Instinct Gone Wild |
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191 | (1) |
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Birth of a Beast: The Minotaur |
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192 | (1) |
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No Way Out: The Maze and the Minotaur |
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193 | (1) |
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194 | (1) |
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King Theseus Wants a Wife |
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194 | (5) |
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Attack of the Amazons: Antiope |
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195 | (1) |
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195 | (1) |
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Midlife Crisis: The Abduction of Helen |
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196 | (3) |
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16 All's Not Fair in Love and War: The Fall of Troy |
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199 | (14) |
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One Bad Apple Does Spoil the Bunch |
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200 | (1) |
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Who's the Fairest of Them All? |
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200 | (1) |
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But She's Already Married! |
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200 | (1) |
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The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships |
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201 | (5) |
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202 | (1) |
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The Long Siege of Troy Begins |
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202 | (1) |
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Heroes of the Battlefield |
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203 | (3) |
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The Final Battles: The Tenth Year of the War |
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206 | (3) |
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206 | (1) |
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A Recipe for Winning the War |
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207 | (1) |
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Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts! |
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208 | (1) |
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209 | (1) |
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209 | (4) |
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210 | (1) |
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The House of Blood: Agamemnon's Return |
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211 | (2) |
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17 Achilles: The Angry Young Nero |
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213 | (10) |
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How to Create an (Almost) Invulnerable Hero |
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214 | (4) |
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A Lover, Not a Fighter: His Father Peleus |
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214 | (1) |
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A Marriage Made in Heaven |
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215 | (1) |
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216 | (1) |
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Hey, This Kid's Got Potential! |
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217 | (1) |
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Draft Dodging? Try Dressing in Drag |
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218 | (1) |
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218 | (3) |
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219 | (1) |
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First Blood: The Early Battles |
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219 | (1) |
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Never Insult Your Greatest Warrior |
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220 | (1) |
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221 | (2) |
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I Have Not Yet Begun to Fight |
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221 | (1) |
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222 | (1) |
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18 Take the Long Way Home: Odysseus |
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223 | (14) |
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Is This the Stuff Heroes Are Made Of? |
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224 | (2) |
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224 | (1) |
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Draft Dodging? Try Feigning Insanity |
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225 | (1) |
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Going Home So Soon? Not Bloody Likely |
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226 | (2) |
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226 | (1) |
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My, What a Big Eye You Have! |
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227 | (1) |
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228 | (5) |
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228 | (1) |
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229 | (1) |
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230 | (1) |
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231 | (1) |
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231 | (1) |
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The Hard Life of a Love Slave |
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232 | (1) |
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233 | (4) |
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Reports of My Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated |
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233 | (2) |
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235 | (2) |
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19 Not in Our Stars: Tragic Heroes and Their fates |
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237 | (12) |
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He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not |
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238 | (2) |
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238 | (1) |
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238 | (1) |
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Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall |
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239 | (1) |
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240 | (2) |
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240 | (1) |
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Dinner and Vengeance-Is Served |
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241 | (1) |
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Mutual Mistrust: The High Cost of Jealousy |
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242 | (2) |
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242 | (1) |
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243 | (1) |
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The Limits of Craftsmanship |
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244 | (2) |
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244 | (1) |
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Fly Like an Eagle, Drop Like a Stone |
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245 | (1) |
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245 | (1) |
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Dad, Can I Borrow Your Car? |
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246 | (5) |
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246 | (1) |
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247 | (2) |
| Part 4: Friends, Romans, Countrymen |
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249 | (42) |
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20 When in Rome, Worship as the Romans Worship |
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251 | (8) |
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A Practical Guide to Roman Mythology |
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252 | (5) |
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Greek Immigrants: The Gods of Olympus Arrive in Rome |
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252 | (1) |
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253 | (1) |
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254 | (1) |
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Say a Little Prayer for Me |
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254 | (1) |
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The Rituals of Everyday Life |
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255 | (2) |
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257 | (2) |
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Bless This House: The Lares |
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257 | (1) |
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What's in the Pantry? The Penates |
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257 | (1) |
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258 | (1) |
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21 Meet the New Boss(es), Same as the Old Boss(es): The Gods and Goddesses of Rome |
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259 | (14) |
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260 | (6) |
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The Great Civilizer: Saturn |
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260 | (1) |
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261 | (1) |
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Marrying Money: The Goddess Juno |
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262 | (1) |
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262 | (1) |
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Eyes in the Back of His Head: Janus |
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263 | (1) |
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264 | (1) |
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Love Makes the World Go Around: Venus |
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265 | (1) |
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Ye Gods! Lesser Deities of the Romans |
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266 | (7) |
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New to the Neighborhood: The Other Olympians |
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266 | (2) |
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Greeks in Togas: The Lesser Deities Go Roman |
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268 | (2) |
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Everything Old Becomes New Again: The Ancient Italian Deities |
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270 | (2) |
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Bit Players: Minor Italian Deities |
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272 | (1) |
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22 All Roads Lead to Rome: The Odyssey of Aeneas |
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273 | (12) |
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274 | (2) |
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274 | (1) |
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275 | (1) |
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276 | (1) |
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276 | (4) |
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277 | (1) |
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277 | (1) |
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278 | (2) |
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280 | (5) |
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Passport to the Underworld |
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280 | (1) |
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281 | (1) |
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282 | (1) |
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Friends, Romans, Countrymen |
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283 | (2) |
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23 Rome Wasn't Built in a Day |
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285 | (6) |
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Double Visionaries: Romulus and Remus |
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285 | (4) |
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286 | (1) |
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The Lost Generation Returns |
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287 | (1) |
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Sibling Rivalry Is for the Birds |
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288 | (1) |
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If You Can't Come to Rome, Rome Will Come to You |
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289 | (2) |
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Personals: SM Seeks SF x 100 |
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289 | (2) |
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291 | (1) |
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292 | (1) |
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I just Can't Wait to Be King |
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293 | (2) |
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291 | (10) |
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B Who's Who in Classical Mythology |
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301 | (60) |
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C What's in a Name? Greek and Roman Gods and Heroes |
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361 | (2) |
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D Be Careful What You Wish For: The Fates of Mortals Who Slept with Gods or Goddesses |
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361 | (8) |
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