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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Edward Tripp. BOEOTIA Boeotia . The region of Greece lying to the north and west of Attica . Bounded by the range of the Cithaeron Mountains on the south and by Phocis and Locris to the northwest , Boeotia lies between the Euboean Sea ...
Edward Tripp. BOEOTIA Boeotia . The region of Greece lying to the north and west of Attica . Bounded by the range of the Cithaeron Mountains on the south and by Phocis and Locris to the northwest , Boeotia lies between the Euboean Sea ...
Page 141
... Boeotia . His brothers having dropped off at their respective new homes , Cadmus reached Thrace with his mother . They were welcomed there and stayed until Telephassa died . Then Cadmus moved on with his followers to Delphi , in order ...
... Boeotia . His brothers having dropped off at their respective new homes , Cadmus reached Thrace with his mother . They were welcomed there and stayed until Telephassa died . Then Cadmus moved on with his followers to Delphi , in order ...
Page 365
... Boeotia to aid Nisus in the Cretan war . The Boeotians claimed that the city was formerly called Nisa and was renamed at this point for Megareus after his death in battle . ( Another possible eponym of Megara was Megarus , a son of Zeus ...
... Boeotia to aid Nisus in the Cretan war . The Boeotians claimed that the city was formerly called Nisa and was renamed at this point for Megareus after his death in battle . ( Another possible eponym of Megara was Megarus , a son of Zeus ...
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