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41fable, parable, and allegory — Introduction any form of imaginative literature (allegory) or spoken utterance constructed in such a way that readers or listeners are encouraged to look for meanings hidden beneath the literal surface of the fiction. A story (rhetoric) is… …
42Minotaur — This article is about the mythological monster. For other uses, see Minotaur (disambiguation). Minotaur Minotaur bust, (National Archaeological Museum of Athens) Mythology Greek Grouping …
43ancient Rome — ▪ ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia Introduction the state centred on the city of Rome. This article discusses the period from the founding of the city and the regal period, which began in 753 BC, through the events leading to the… …
44Oedipus — For other uses, see Oedipus (disambiguation). Oedipus explains the riddle of the Sphinx, by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, c. 1805 Topics in Greek mythology …
45Lapith — In Greek mythology, the Lapiths were a legendary people, whose home was in Thessaly, in the valley of the Peneus [ Lapithes made his home about the Peneius river (Diodorus Siculus, iv.69.2).] and on the mountain Pelion. Like the Myrmidons and… …
46Mithraic mysteries — Double faced Mithraic relief. Rome, 2nd to 3rd century AD. Louvre Museum The Mithraic Mysteries were a mystery religion practised in the Roman Empire from about the 1st to 4th centuries AD. The name of the Persian god Mithra, adapted into Greek… …
47Procris — In Greek mythology, Procris was the daughter of Erechtheus, king of Athens and his wife, Praxithea. She married Cephalus, the son of Deion. Procris had at least two sisters, Creusa and Orithyia. Sophocles wrote a tragedy called Procris which has… …
