Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology, Volume 10Crowell, 1970 - 631 pages Reference work with alphabetically-arranged entries illuminates the characters, places, and literary sources of Greek and Roman myths. |
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Page 15
... Aeëtes . A king of Colchis . Aeëtes , a son of Helius , the sun - god , and Perse or Perseïs , a daughter of Oceanus , was the brother of Circe and Pasiphaë . He was a ruthless king of a barbarian race , the Colchians , who lived at the ...
... Aeëtes . A king of Colchis . Aeëtes , a son of Helius , the sun - god , and Perse or Perseïs , a daughter of Oceanus , was the brother of Circe and Pasiphaë . He was a ruthless king of a barbarian race , the Colchians , who lived at the ...
Page 85
... Aeëtes himself , claimed Helius for a father . Aeëtes did not believe a word of Argus ' story . He accused the visitors and his grand- sons alike of plotting to seize his throne . Jason assured him in a conciliatory manner that all the ...
... Aeëtes himself , claimed Helius for a father . Aeëtes did not believe a word of Argus ' story . He accused the visitors and his grand- sons alike of plotting to seize his throne . Jason assured him in a conciliatory manner that all the ...
Page 362
... Aeëtes had been deposed and , according to some accounts , killed by his brother Perses . On their way they stopped at Absoros , where ( in this version of the tale ) Medea had buried her brother . The city was overrun with snakes and ...
... Aeëtes had been deposed and , according to some accounts , killed by his brother Perses . On their way they stopped at Absoros , where ( in this version of the tale ) Medea had buried her brother . The city was overrun with snakes and ...
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According Achilles Aeëtes Aegeus Aeneas Aeolus Agamemnon Alcmeon Amphitryon Aphrodite Apollo Apollodorus Apollonius Rhodius Arcadia Argive Argonauts Argos Artemis Athamas Athenian Athens Attica became Boeotia bore brother Cadmus called child claimed Corinth Creon Cretan Crete Cronus daughter death Delphi Demeter Diomedes Dionysus Elis eponym Euripides Eurystheus Eurytus father gave Giants goddess gods Greek Hades Helen Helius Hephaestus Hera Heracles Heraclids Hermes Hesiod Homer honor husband Hyginus Hyginus Fabulae Iliad Iolcus island Jason killed king land later Lycus married Medea Menelaüs Messenia Metamorphoses Minos mother Mount murder Mycenae myths Neoptolemus nymph Oceanus Odysseus Oedipus Oeneus oracle Orestes Ovid Pausanias Peleus Pelias Peloponnesus Pelops Perseus Poetica Astronomica Poseidon region returned river river-god Roman rule sailed seer sent ships sister snake sons Sparta story suitors Theban Thebes Theogony Theseus Thetis throne Titans took Trojan Trojan War Troy Tyndareüs wife women worshiped writers young Zeus Zeus's