The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths & LegendsFully indexed and containing lavish color illustrations and a wealth of line drawings, this is the most up-to-date, beautiful, and graphically useful reference of its kind on the market today. |
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Page 77
... Odysseus on his long journey home to Ithaca , from Troy . She was the daughter of the Greek sun god Helios . Circe possessed great magical powers which she used to transform her enemies , or those who offended her , into animals . When ...
... Odysseus on his long journey home to Ithaca , from Troy . She was the daughter of the Greek sun god Helios . Circe possessed great magical powers which she used to transform her enemies , or those who offended her , into animals . When ...
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Arthur Cotterell. NUWA ODYSSEUS - Odin , the Norse god of war ODYSSEUS The legendary Greek hero and King of Ithaca , a small island in the Ionian Sea . He was known to the Romans as Ulysses . Myth suggests that Odysseus was the ...
Arthur Cotterell. NUWA ODYSSEUS - Odin , the Norse god of war ODYSSEUS The legendary Greek hero and King of Ithaca , a small island in the Ionian Sea . He was known to the Romans as Ulysses . Myth suggests that Odysseus was the ...
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... Odysseus's bow . None could perform the feat save a beggar , who revealed himself as the long - awaited Odysseus . Pentheus In Greek mythology , a Theban king who slighted DIONYSUS when the god visited his city . Pentheus may have ...
... Odysseus's bow . None could perform the feat save a beggar , who revealed himself as the long - awaited Odysseus . Pentheus In Greek mythology , a Theban king who slighted DIONYSUS when the god visited his city . Pentheus may have ...
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