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Many, many years ago, there was a man called Athamas, and he had a wife whose name was Nephele.
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Once upon a time the king of the country, by name Athamas, married a wife Nephele, and had by her a son called Phrixus and a daughter named Helle.
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Once upon a time the king of the country, by name Athamas, married a wife Nephele, and had by her a son called Phrixus and a daughter named Helle.
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Once upon a time the king of the country, by name Athamas, married a wife Nephele, and had by her a son called Phrixus and a daughter named Helle.
The Golden Bough James George Frazer 1897
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Once upon a time the king of the country, by name Athamas, married a wife Nephele, and had by her a son called Phrixus and a daughter named Helle.
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The subject was one for an epic poem, for its unity might have been found in the working out of the expiation due for the crime of Athamas; but this motive is barely mentioned by our author.
The Argonautica 2008
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The most sparkling moments came from the bright, lively soprano of Amanda Forsythe, in the small role of Iris, Juno's servant; Tai Oney, as Athamas, showed promise in the countertenor range, and mezzo Paula Murrihy was amusing as Ino, Semele's sister.
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Andromache Chalfant's set was a characterless hotel event room, whose dull green walls and standard-issue chandeliers were no doubt intended to reflect the colorlessness of Semele's middle-class life and the impending marriage that she longs to escape (the opera opens in the middle of her wedding to Athamas, from which Jupiter abducts her).
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There a strong south wind blew for them; and raising the sails to the breeze they entered the swift stream of the maiden daughter of Athamas; and at dawn the sea to the north was left behind and at night they were coasting inside the Rhoeteian shore, with the land of Ida on their right.
The Argonautica 2008
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Cretheus and Athamas were both sons of Aeolus; and Phrixus was the son of
The Argonautica 2008
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