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Wielding the Gorgon’s head, Perseus saves a beautiful maiden from a ravening sea-monster.
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The gods had given Heracles every grace of body and mind, but there was one thing he must do for himself: choose how to use them.
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Artemis, goddess of the hunt, pursued a bitter and relentless vengeance upon a king who carelessly slighted her.
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When he caught his wife with her lover, the ugly blacksmith of the gods showed that he was not without his pride.
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As the Persian Empire’s grip tightened by land and sea, it fell to one man to unite Greece in a last desperate bid to break it.
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The blessing of trade free from political interference was one of most important insights in British, indeed world history.