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... Telephus the son of Hercules by a hind ; Pelias the son of Nep- tune by a mare ; and Ægisthus by a goat ; not that they had actually sucked such creatures , as some simpletons have imagined , but that their nurses had been of such a ...
... Telephus the son of Hercules by a hind ; Pelias the son of Nep- tune by a mare ; and Ægisthus by a goat ; not that they had actually sucked such creatures , as some simpletons have imagined , but that their nurses had been of such a ...
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... Telephus the son of Hercules by a hind ; Pelias the son of Nep- tune by a mare ; and Ægisthus by a goat ; not that they had actually sucked such creatures , as some simpletons have imagined , but that their nurses had been of such a ...
... Telephus the son of Hercules by a hind ; Pelias the son of Nep- tune by a mare ; and Ægisthus by a goat ; not that they had actually sucked such creatures , as some simpletons have imagined , but that their nurses had been of such a ...
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