Omphale
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omphale-176-12921828
title:
Omphale
text:
In Greek mythology, Omphale was queen of the kingdom of Lydia in Asia Minor. Diodorus Siculus provides the first appearance of the Omphale theme in literature, though Aeschylus was aware of the episode. The Greeks did not recognize her as a goddess: the undisputed etymological connection with omphalos, the world-navel, has never been made clear. In her best-known myth, she is the mistress of the hero Heracles during a year of required servitude, a scenario that, according to some, offered writer
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wiki
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description:
Daughter of Iardanus, in Greek mythology
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omphale
date created:
2002-09-12T22:28:00Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T20:39:12Z
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