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The Electra Gate, Thebes, where Kapaneus is said to have been struck by Zeus' lightning. One of the seven gates of Thebes (8th BCE).
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The Electra Gate, Thebes, where Kapaneus is said to have been struck by Zeus...

The Electra Gate, Thebes, where Kapaneus is said to have been struck by Zeus' lightning. One of the seven gates of Thebes (8th BCE).
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The Electra Gate, Thebes, where Kapaneus is said to have been struck by Zeus...

The Megaron of the Royal Palace (8th BCE), Thebes.
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The Megaron of the Royal Palace (8th BCE), Thebes.

Crossroad on the route to Delphi, Mount Parnassus in the background, the mythical site where Oedipus killed his father Laios by mistake.
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Crossroad on the route to Delphi, Mount Parnassus in the background, the myth...

Crossroad on the route to Delphi, Mount Parnassus in the background, the mythical site where Oedipus killed his father Laios by mistake.
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Crossroad on the route to Delphi, Mount Parnassus in the background, the myth...

Valley of Tempe in Thessaly. Apollo's sanctuary and the spring of the Nymphs were here.
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Valley of Tempe in Thessaly. Apollo's sanctuary and the spring of the Nymphs...

Valley of Tempe, Thessaly. Apollo's sanctuary was here on the Peneios River.
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Valley of Tempe, Thessaly. Apollo's sanctuary was here on the Peneios River.

Mount Oeta, not far from the Thermophylae Pass. From here, Heracles is said to have ascended to Olympus.
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Mount Oeta, not far from the Thermophylae Pass. From here, Heracles is said t...

Mount Helikon in Boeotia, where the Bacchanalia were celebrated.
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Mount Helikon in Boeotia, where the Bacchanalia were celebrated.

Landscape near the Isthmus of Corinth, Peloponnesus. Here Procrustes robbed travellers and was killed by Theseus.
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Landscape near the Isthmus of Corinth, Peloponnesus. Here Procrustes robbed t...

Landscape near the Isthmus of Corinth,where,according to Greek myth,the robber Sinis used to bend two pine trees down to the ground and tie his victims to the tree tops.When he let go,the men were torn in two. When Heracles beat Sinis,he suffered the same fate.
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Landscape near the Isthmus of Corinth,where,according to Greek myth,the robber...

Moulourian Rock between Athens and Corinth, Greece. From this rock Ino, wife of Athamas, jumped into the sea with her son Melikertes, who was saved by a dolphin. Ino was transformed into the sea-goddess Leukothea. (Euripides, "Ino").
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Moulourian Rock between Athens and Corinth, Greece. From this rock Ino, wife...