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It entered a harbor called Phorkys, where there was a grotto sacred to the nymphs, and it was shaded at the entrance by an olive-tree.
Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca Adapted from the Third Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1879
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And that child became a rampaging Erinyes — a child of Kronos, some say, the daughter of Phorkys say others, the offspring of Hades and Persephone say still others — but, all acknowledge, most likely the daughter of deadly Night.
Ilium Simmons, Dan 1981
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Four maidens called the Hesperides, daughters of Night, were the guardians of this sacred garden, and with them watched the hundred-headed dragon, Ladon, whose father was Phorkys, the parent of many monsters.
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Four maidens called the Hesperides, daughters of Night, were the guardians of this sacred garden, and with them watched the hundred-headed dragon, Ladon, whose father was Phorkys, the parent of many monsters.
Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls Logan [Editor] Marshall
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The dawn light was stealing across the eastern sky when the good ship rode into the haven of the sea-god, Phorkys, and rested without anchor or cable beneath the rocks which keep off the breath of the harsh winds.
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He is enchanted with the ghoulish vampire Empusa and the monster Lamia, half-snake half-woman, and at length finds _his_ ideal of beauty in the loathsome and terrible Phorkyads, daughters of Phorkys, an old god of the sea.
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Northwest, enters, seemingly by way of a lark, into a curious arrangement with the three daughters of Phorkys.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. Kuno Francke 1892
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And he came to each and encouraged him with his words -- Mesthles and Glaukos and Medon and Thersilochos and Asteropaios and Deisenor and Hippothoos and Phorkys and Chromios and the augur
The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1882
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And Phorkys and godlike Askanios led the Phrygians from far Askania, and these were eager to fight in the battle-throng.
The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1882
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Gor 'gon -- a monster of fearful aspect, a daughter of Phorkys and Ceto.
Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca Adapted from the Third Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1879
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