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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Page 62
Edward Tripp. APOLLO defends against the invader Apollo . In still others , it is an oracular serpent that has tried to kill Leto , knowing that it was fated to die at the hands of any off- spring she might have . The later versions call ...
Edward Tripp. APOLLO defends against the invader Apollo . In still others , it is an oracular serpent that has tried to kill Leto , knowing that it was fated to die at the hands of any off- spring she might have . The later versions call ...
Page 63
... Apollo would consent to hear a flute under any circumstances , but he finally allowed one to be played at Delphi on special occasions to celebrate his defeat of the dragon . Three of Apollo's sons were famous for their minstrelsy ...
... Apollo would consent to hear a flute under any circumstances , but he finally allowed one to be played at Delphi on special occasions to celebrate his defeat of the dragon . Three of Apollo's sons were famous for their minstrelsy ...
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... Apollo fell in love with Marpessa , daughter of the river - god Evenus , but IDAS carried her off . Apollo followed him to Messene and would have taken the girl by force , but Zeus intervened and allowed Marpessa to make her own ...
... Apollo fell in love with Marpessa , daughter of the river - god Evenus , but IDAS carried her off . Apollo followed him to Messene and would have taken the girl by force , but Zeus intervened and allowed Marpessa to make her own ...
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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