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 119
... Attica into an Athenian commonwealth and formalized the city's dominance over Eleusis and Megara . He is even ... Attica . They deposed Thy- moetes , the last Theseïd to rule Athens , and Melanthus became king . He wel- comed to Attica a ...
... Attica into an Athenian commonwealth and formalized the city's dominance over Eleusis and Megara . He is even ... Attica . They deposed Thy- moetes , the last Theseïd to rule Athens , and Melanthus became king . He wel- comed to Attica a ...
Page 153
... Attica . Cecrops ( 1 ) . A king of Attica . Cecrops , who was born from the earth , had a man's body ending in a snake's tail . He married Agraulus , daughter of Ac- taeüs , king of Acte . She bore a son , Erysichthon , and three ...
... Attica . Cecrops ( 1 ) . A king of Attica . Cecrops , who was born from the earth , had a man's body ending in a snake's tail . He married Agraulus , daughter of Ac- taeüs , king of Acte . She bore a son , Erysichthon , and three ...
Page 491
... Attica . There are differing views on the identities of the judges ; they may have been the other Olympian gods , Zeus alone , or any of several kings of Attica . In order to advertise his benefits to the region , Po- seidon created ...
... Attica . There are differing views on the identities of the judges ; they may have been the other Olympian gods , Zeus alone , or any of several kings of Attica . In order to advertise his benefits to the region , Po- seidon created ...
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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