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GREEK LEGEND

the Greeks developed a complex array of myths and stories that feature powerful and vain gods, strange hybrid creatures and dauntless heroes, the language of which has infiltrated many parts of the world – even the backcountry of Aotearoa. Listening to Stephen Fry’s re-telling of these legends in his recent books , and set me to wondering just how many of these fabled names feature

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