Crowell's Handbook of Classical MythologyCrowell, 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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... Aeolus , king of Thessaly . Aeolus , a son of Hellen , gave his name to the Aeolians ; the Dorians were named after his brother Dorus ; Aeolus ' nephews Ion and Achaeüs were eponyms of the Ioni- ans and the Achaeans . According to ...
... Aeolus , king of Thessaly . Aeolus , a son of Hellen , gave his name to the Aeolians ; the Dorians were named after his brother Dorus ; Aeolus ' nephews Ion and Achaeüs were eponyms of the Ioni- ans and the Achaeans . According to ...
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... Aeolus ( 1 ) . The eponym of the Aeolians . Aeolus was a son of Hellen and the nymph Orseïs . When Hellen divided the Greek lands between Aeolus and his brothers , Dorus and Xuthus , Aeolus received Thessaly . He named the peo- ple ...
... Aeolus ( 1 ) . The eponym of the Aeolians . Aeolus was a son of Hellen and the nymph Orseïs . When Hellen divided the Greek lands between Aeolus and his brothers , Dorus and Xuthus , Aeolus received Thessaly . He named the peo- ple ...
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... Aeolus sent Odysseus on his way , he gave him all but one of the winds tied up in a newly made ox - hide bag . The gentle west wind was left free to waft Odysseus ' ships on their homeward journey . Thanks to Aeolus ' kindliness , the ...
... Aeolus sent Odysseus on his way , he gave him all but one of the winds tied up in a newly made ox - hide bag . The gentle west wind was left free to waft Odysseus ' ships on their homeward journey . Thanks to Aeolus ' kindliness , the ...
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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