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[Pausanias 4.3.3—8; Apollodorus 2.8.4–5.] Cretan bull. A bull sacred to Poseidon
. When MINos [A] claimed the rule of Crete by divine right, he prayed to Poseidon
for confirmation of this claim. The god sent a bull up from the sea, with orders ...
[Pausanias 4.3.3—8; Apollodorus 2.8.4–5.] Cretan bull. A bull sacred to Poseidon
. When MINos [A] claimed the rule of Crete by divine right, he prayed to Poseidon
for confirmation of this claim. The god sent a bull up from the sea, with orders ...
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c R p, the us her to Crete, where she bore three sons, Minos, Rhadamanthys, and
Sarpedon. Zeus then married her to Asterius, who had succeeded his father
Tectamus as king. Asterius, whose daughter Crete was the eponym of the island,
...
c R p, the us her to Crete, where she bore three sons, Minos, Rhadamanthys, and
Sarpedon. Zeus then married her to Asterius, who had succeeded his father
Tectamus as king. Asterius, whose daughter Crete was the eponym of the island,
...
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A king of Crete. A. Some Classical writers, no doubt struck by the fact that Minos
appears in mythology to have been almost perpetually the king of Crete, claimed
that there were two kings of that name. The first was one of three sons of Zeus ...
A king of Crete. A. Some Classical writers, no doubt struck by the fact that Minos
appears in mythology to have been almost perpetually the king of Crete, claimed
that there were two kings of that name. The first was one of three sons of Zeus ...
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| Title | Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology |
| Author | Edward Tripp |
| Published | 1970 |
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