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Whitehead, William Hutton, Catharine Roth, Jennifer Benedict, Gregory Hays, Malcolm Heath Sean M. Redmond, Nicholas Fincher, Patrick Rourke, Elizabeth Vandiver, Raphael Finkel, Frederick Williams, Carl Widstrand, Robert Dyer, Joseph L. Rife, Oliver Phillips and many
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Alternate sources claim that
Heracles slept with the daughters in a single night. In this version, only forty-nine slept with the hero, with the fiftieth being destined to serve as a virgin priestess of a temple to Heracles, as a punishment for her refusal to sleep with him. In another version,
311:), Thespius offered his fifty daughters as a prize. The hunt for the lion lasted fifty days, and during each night of the hunt Heracles slept with each of the fifty daughters, who in turn each gave birth to one son.
287:. They supposedly had fifty daughters together, although Thespius may have fathered some of the daughters from unnamed mistresses with Megamede being their stepmother. The daughters are often referred to as the
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English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921.
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Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling.
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All his daughters came of marrying age but
Thespius seems to have sought no husband for them; he instead desired grandchildren from the hero
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139:: Θέστιος) was a legendary founder and king of
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1366:Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
8:
1389:Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt,
1342:Greek text available from the same website
1293:Greek text available from the same website
1407:Online version at the Topos Text Project.
1393:Online version at the Topos Text Project.
147:. His life account is considered part of
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264:Thespius' maternal grandparents were
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179:. He was probably the brother of
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337:in the wider sense of the term.
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1447:Mythological people from Attica
159:Thespius was reportedly son of
1321:Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2
1:
1120:Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v.
259:Musée national Gustave Moreau
1377:. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.
1009:Maidens, Virgins (Παρθένοι)
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1437:Princes in Greek mythology
1331:Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus
1244:Lexicon of the Ten Orators
956:Lexicon of the Ten Orators
1442:Kings in Greek mythology
1411:Zimmerman, John Edward,
1147:2.498 called him son of
1307:Charles Henry Oldfather
1457:Mythological Boeotians
1415:, Bantam Books, 1966.
1385:Stephanus of Byzantium
1311:Loeb Classical Library
1303:The Library of History
1054:Stephanus of Byzantium
272:, the daughter of the
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1452:Mythology of Heracles
1354:Description of Greece
255:Daughters of Thespius
249:
1372:Graeciae Descriptio.
958:s.v. Stephanephoros
1319:Diodorus Siculus,
1309:. Twelve volumes.
1214:Diodorus Siculus,
1123:Thespeia (Θέσπεια)
1070:Diodorus Siculus,
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1402:Suda Encyclopedia
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1278:The Library
1274:Apollodorus
1175:Zimmerman,
1108:Pausanias,
1082:Pausanias,
989:Apollodorus
830:Terpsicrate
693:Archemachus
671:Threpsippas
441:Hippodromus
407:Celeustanor
393:or Aeglaea
335:Heracleidae
330:Bibliotheca
323:Descendants
309:Nemean Lion
181:Protogeneia
1431:Categories
1268:References
1248:Hellanicus
1098:Erechtheus
901:Homolippus
891:Oestrobles
808:Stratonice
803:Archedicus
627:Halocrates
605:Antimachus
583:Nicodromus
384:Hippozygus
379:Hippocrate
342:Hellanicus
289:Thespiades
163:, King of
161:Erechtheus
66:: Θέσπιος
1350:Pausanias
1200:Pausanias
1086:, citing
1039:Pausanias
944:Pausanias
874:Toxicrate
864:Heliconis
825:Leucippus
791:Patroclus
732:Praxithea
727:Eurypylus
639:Amestrius
595:Eurycapys
573:Onesippus
561:Entelides
524:Calametis
495:Erasippus
369:Aeschreis
363:Grandson
360:Daughter
357:Grandson
354:Daughter
299:Mythology
277:Cephissus
274:river god
266:Phrasimus
235:, son of
225:Eupalamus
197:Oreithyia
177:Diogeneia
173:Phrasimus
169:Praxithea
155:Biography
1405:others.
1253:Phoronis
1149:Teuthras
1021:Plutarch
886:Hesychia
879:Lycurgus
857:Lyncaeus
847:Erythras
835:Euryopes
820:Eurytele
798:Eurypyle
759:Antileon
749:Polylaus
683:Dynastes
661:Astyanax
649:Laomenes
622:Olympusa
590:Clytippe
568:Chryseis
556:Menippis
539:Laomedon
529:Astybies
485:Cleolaus
468:Lysidice
436:Anthippe
429:Antiphus
397:Antiades
374:Leucones
317:Sardinia
305:Heracles
281:Megamede
270:Diogenia
257:(1853).
233:Teuthras
213:Pandorus
201:Chthonia
141:Thespiae
73:Thestius
68:Théspios
25:Thespius
1153:Cepheus
1135:Scholia
1056:, s.v.
1047:Theseus
1025:Theseus
1006:, s.v.
913:Capylus
896:Xanthis
869:Phalias
852:Tiphyse
813:Atromus
786:Pyrippe
763:Hippeus
754:Procris
744:Eurybia
715:Tigasis
710:Phyleis
705:Olympus
656:Epilais
612:Elachia
600:Nicippe
517:Bucolus
490:Lysippe
463:Alopius
458:Antiope
451:Eumedes
424:Laothoe
241:Cepheus
237:Pandion
209:Cecrops
189:Procris
185:Pandora
145:Boeotia
1419:
1375:3 vols
1360:
1284:
1260:Book 2
1258:Atthis
1218:&
1216:4.29.1
1204:9.27.7
1189:2.4.10
1177:p. 268
1165:3.15.1
1110:9.26.6
1093:Ehoiai
1088:Hesiod
1072:4.76.1
1043:2.25.6
993:3.15.1
975:4.29.2
948:9.27.7
775:Euryte
771:Euryce
737:Nephus
722:Eubote
700:Euboea
666:Panope
617:Buleus
546:Certhe
534:Meline
507:Mentor
502:Asopis
480:Argele
414:Anthea
391:Aglaia
285:Arneus
229:Sicyon
221:Orneus
217:Metion
205:Merope
193:Creusa
165:Athens
1398:Suida
1335:Lives
1232:2.7.8
1144:Iliad
1139:Homer
1084:2.6.5
931:Notes
923:Creon
908:Hippo
842:Exole
688:Patro
678:Erato
551:Iobes
512:Marse
473:Teles
402:Iphis
70:) or
1417:ISBN
1358:ISBN
1282:ISBN
1050:32.1
1028:19.5
1004:Suda
644:Oria
634:Eone
578:Nice
446:Lyse
327:The
268:and
227:and
175:and
1220:4–6
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