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 296
... Athenian king refused and met Eurystheus ' forces in battle at Marathon . An oracle had warned that the Athenians would be defeated unless a highborn young woman were sacrificed . Heracles ' daughter Macaria volunteered to be the victim ...
... Athenian king refused and met Eurystheus ' forces in battle at Marathon . An oracle had warned that the Athenians would be defeated unless a highborn young woman were sacrificed . Heracles ' daughter Macaria volunteered to be the victim ...
Page 568
... Athenian port of Phalerum , to be greeted with both joy and sorrow . [ Plutarch , Parallel Lives , " Theseus " ; Apollodorus " Epitome " 1.8-10 ; Hyginus , Fabulae , 43 ; Pausanias 2.31.1 , 10.29.4 ; Cata- logues of Women 76. ] F. On ...
... Athenian port of Phalerum , to be greeted with both joy and sorrow . [ Plutarch , Parallel Lives , " Theseus " ; Apollodorus " Epitome " 1.8-10 ; Hyginus , Fabulae , 43 ; Pausanias 2.31.1 , 10.29.4 ; Cata- logues of Women 76. ] F. On ...
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... Athenians gave little thought to Theseus ' memory for many generations . Then , during the Persian Wars , the Athenian soldiers became persuaded that the ghost of Theseus had led them to victory at Marathon . After the wars Theseus ...
... Athenians gave little thought to Theseus ' memory for many generations . Then , during the Persian Wars , the Athenian soldiers became persuaded that the ghost of Theseus had led them to victory at Marathon . After the wars Theseus ...
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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