Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology, Volume 10Reference work with alphabetically-arranged entries illuminates the characters, places, and literary sources of Greek and Roman myths |
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According to Hesiod and Aeschylus , Aërope was the mother of Pleisthenes ; the more usual story is that she was the mother of Agamemnon and Menelaus . ( Apollodorus 3.2.1-2 , “ Epitome ” 2.10 . ) Aërope . See ARES . Aesacus .
According to Hesiod and Aeschylus , Aërope was the mother of Pleisthenes ; the more usual story is that she was the mother of Agamemnon and Menelaus . ( Apollodorus 3.2.1-2 , “ Epitome ” 2.10 . ) Aërope . See ARES . Aesacus .
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Aeschylus says that beacon fires on mountaintops all the way from Trojan Ida signaled his coming . His wife and her paramour were ready . Accounts differ as to how the returning king was greeted . According to Homer ( Odyssey 4.519-537 ) ...
Aeschylus says that beacon fires on mountaintops all the way from Trojan Ida signaled his coming . His wife and her paramour were ready . Accounts differ as to how the returning king was greeted . According to Homer ( Odyssey 4.519-537 ) ...
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( Aeschylus , Agamemnon , 256 , and Suppliant Women , 128 passim , 260 ; Pausanias 2.5.6 . ] ... Aeschylus , however , calls Apis a son of Apollo , saying that he was a seer and physician from Naupactus who drove monsters , snakes , and ...
( Aeschylus , Agamemnon , 256 , and Suppliant Women , 128 passim , 260 ; Pausanias 2.5.6 . ] ... Aeschylus , however , calls Apis a son of Apollo , saying that he was a seer and physician from Naupactus who drove monsters , snakes , and ...
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| Title | Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology, Volume 10 A Meridian book Crowell reference book Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology, Edward Tripp |
| Author | Edward Tripp |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Crowell, 1970 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Jul 2011 |
| ISBN | 069022608X, 9780690226089 |
| Length | 631 pages |
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