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[1329] Gruppe (_Griechische Mythologie_, p. 1384) thinks (on grounds not clear) that he was originally of Crete.

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[375] Gruppe, _Griechische Mythologie_, p. 888 ff.

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[1324] On his titles "earth-shaker" and "earth-upholder" cf. Gruppe, _Griechische Mythologie_ p. 1139, note 2.

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Whether the stem _van_ might mean 'general excellence' (here agricultural) is uncertain; on the Greek epithets 'Kallisto,' 'Kalliste,' and so forth, cf. Gruppe, _Griechische Mythologie_, p. 1270 f.

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2 An outline of the present state of the subject will be found in a recent volume by Gruppe, _Griechische Mythologie_, 1906, pp. 1606 ff., whose views are sharply opposed to the negative conclusions formulated, with certain reservations, by Harnack, _Ausbreitung des Christentums_, II, pp. 274 ff.

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