Athena chooses olive tree because of fruitfulness

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Athena chooses olive tree because of fruitfulness.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Choices. · Real and apparent values. · Choice between useful and ornamental. · view the constellation · filed as J241.1

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Greco-RomanThe Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK III, ch. XIV

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general Wienert FFC LVI 76 (ET 417), 143 (ST 488).

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Peasant leaves honey tree standing. Sparrows and crickets ask peasant to leave tree standing. He refuses, but when he finds honey in the tree he consents

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