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    Aristaeus (redirect from Aristaios)
    "Aristaios" ("the best") is an epithet rather than a name: For some men to call Zeus and holy Apollo. Agreus and Nomios, and for others Aristaios (Pindar)...
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  • her masterpiece . . . [the blessings that Aristaios conferred on man follow, see the Blessings of Aristaios below.] This was he, the Keian (Cean) son...
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    a poem on the subject of agriculture. Here the name of Aristaeus, or Aristaios, the keeper of bees, and the tragic conclusion was first introduced. Ovid's...
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    name, Mary. "Her name is supposed to mean the 'Good Maiden' — which like Aristaios and Kalliste, may be a euphemism for its opposite, the Maiden of Death...
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  • mythology Aristaeus (/ærɪˈstiːəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀρισταῖος, romanized: Aristaîos, lit. 'most excellent') is one of the Giants, the earth-born children...
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    source, Oppian, Cynegetica 4. 265, but the theme is ancient: Theoi.com: Aristaios. Robert Fagles, translator. Theophrastus, I.14.4 Theophrastus, II.2.11...
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    Olpe; upper zone: winged youth (Aristaios) between lions, lower zone: sirens, panther and lotus flowers; circa 600 BC; National Museum, Athens...
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