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 141
... Cadmus left a small party under his kinsman Membliarus on the is- land of Calliste ( later Thera ) and still had a considerable company with him when , after a ... CADMUS guests brought splendid gifts . Hermes presented a lyre 141 CADMUS.
... Cadmus left a small party under his kinsman Membliarus on the is- land of Calliste ( later Thera ) and still had a considerable company with him when , after a ... CADMUS guests brought splendid gifts . Hermes presented a lyre 141 CADMUS.
Page 142
... Cadmus ' married life , which had begun so auspiciously . Ares , though he presumably consented to having Cad- mus for a son - in - law , never forgave him for killing the sacred snake . Only one of Cadmus ' children - his son ...
... Cadmus ' married life , which had begun so auspiciously . Ares , though he presumably consented to having Cad- mus for a son - in - law , never forgave him for killing the sacred snake . Only one of Cadmus ' children - his son ...
Page 556
... Cadmus , and , even in the Classical era , the principal fami- lies of Thebes claimed descent from the " dragon's teeth . " Cadmus was one of the sons of the Phoenician king Agenor , who founded settlements in Asia Minor , the Aegean ...
... Cadmus , and , even in the Classical era , the principal fami- lies of Thebes claimed descent from the " dragon's teeth . " Cadmus was one of the sons of the Phoenician king Agenor , who founded settlements in Asia Minor , the Aegean ...
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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