The Beast Initiate: The Lycanthropy of Heracles
The obscurantist Hellenistic poet Lycophron referenced the initiation of Heracles as a beast suckling the breast of the goddess Hera. This was the event that was the mythological origin of the Galaxy and of the lily flower that incarnated the same deifying essence as the celestial milk of the goddes...
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| Language: | English |
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Athens Institute for Education and Research
2019-10-01
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| Series: | Athens Journal of History |
| Online Access: | https://www.athensjournals.gr/history/2019-5-4-1-Ruck.pdf |