CROWELL'S HANDBOOK OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY1970 |
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... king of Athens . A. Aegeus was the eldest son of Pandion , a deposed king of Athens , and Pylia , a daughter of Pylas , whom Pandion had succeeded as king of Megara . This , at least , was the official report . It was widely believed ...
... king of Athens . A. Aegeus was the eldest son of Pandion , a deposed king of Athens , and Pylia , a daughter of Pylas , whom Pandion had succeeded as king of Megara . This , at least , was the official report . It was widely believed ...
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... king's son . In this version the king ( Eleusis ) , rather than his wife , sees his son being roasted in the fire . He is killed by the goddess when he interferes , but the child ( Triptol- emus instead of Demophoön ) survives and is ...
... king's son . In this version the king ( Eleusis ) , rather than his wife , sees his son being roasted in the fire . He is killed by the goddess when he interferes , but the child ( Triptol- emus instead of Demophoön ) survives and is ...
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... King Areius , and renamed the city Pergamum . [ Pausanias 1.11.2 . ] Periboea ( 1 ) . The wife of Polybus , a king of Corinth or Sicyon . Periboea , who is often called Merope , was the foster mother of OEDIPUS [ A ] . Periboea ( 2 ) ...
... King Areius , and renamed the city Pergamum . [ Pausanias 1.11.2 . ] Periboea ( 1 ) . The wife of Polybus , a king of Corinth or Sicyon . Periboea , who is often called Merope , was the foster mother of OEDIPUS [ A ] . Periboea ( 2 ) ...
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