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Liv Reads Ovid: The Metamorphoses, Book V

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean

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Kefias, Hold Your Hand and Strike Him Not

Kefias tells the story of Perseus and his daughter Rita. He says Phineas, who was her betrothed, tried to avenge their deaths by killing them both. But Kefias fought back with such ferocity that he managed to kill him himself. The tale is told in an epic poem called "The Battle of Thermopylae" (Aristotle)

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