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( 182 ) mother Rhea. Pallas Athene was born of Metes, wife of Zeus, but by Zeus or by Pallas or by Brontes is not certain. Zeus had love games and sexual intercourses with lo, Leto, Kallisto, mother of Britomartis, Maia, Selene and Niobe, the first mortal women to be loved by Zeus. Zeus had sexual intercourses with any and all women. Man had the right to bestow progeny upon all women.56
Aphrodite was born in Sea. She took pleasures only in Nerites, son of Nereus but on his refusing to accompany her to Olympus, Eros went with her. She had illegal loves with Ares, Hephaistos was her husband and Pygmalion, her lover. She cohabited with Anchisis, the mortal man, Hermes was her brother and lover and both gave birth to Eros. Eros was son and lover of Aphrodite. She was daughter of either Ouranos or Zeus. Priapos was her son from Hermes or Dionysus or Adonis or Zeus himself. Priapos was father and son to Hermes. 67
Apollon was son of Zeus from Leda. He had his paramours is boys and girls. He loved maiden Daphne. He coupled with Dryope. Virgin huntress Kyrene was ravished by Apollo. Koronis was his beloved.88 The same story is repeated in the lives of Poseidon, Helios, Prometheus, Dionysos aad Gaia. Gaia, the mother of all Greek Devas, wife of Ouranos, was loved by Pantos and Helios.69 All these Greek heroes and commanders existed a bit earlier or later than the famous Trojań War fought Circa 1183 B. C.60 This description clearly discloses the state of sex-relationship in the Greekāryan society by the end of second millennium B.C. There was no restriction of sexual intercourses with father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, son, daughter, sister, brother, cognates, agnates, guests and any member of the society. Promiscuity reigned supreme in the Greekāryan society in this age.
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