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 207
... Dionysus himself in dis- guise . ) Jails and chains could not confine the prisoners . The leader , working his in- fluence on the king himself , persuaded him ... DIONYSUS Classical writers say that he killed Dionysus himself . 207 DIONYSUS.
... Dionysus himself in dis- guise . ) Jails and chains could not confine the prisoners . The leader , working his in- fluence on the king himself , persuaded him ... DIONYSUS Classical writers say that he killed Dionysus himself . 207 DIONYSUS.
Page 208
... Dionysus . There was a tomb of Dionysus ' wife Ariadne at Argos . During the reign of Pandion , Dionysus came to Attica . Instead of seeking a direct confrontation with the king , however , he chose to teach the culture of the vine to a ...
... Dionysus . There was a tomb of Dionysus ' wife Ariadne at Argos . During the reign of Pandion , Dionysus came to Attica . Instead of seeking a direct confrontation with the king , however , he chose to teach the culture of the vine to a ...
Page 209
... Dionysus had left Nysus in charge of Thebes . Nysus ( who , according to this rather obscure tale , had been the god's nurse on Mount Nysa ) refused to turn over the ... DIONYSUS the Giant Eurytus with his thyrsus . Some say 209 DIONYSUS.
... Dionysus had left Nysus in charge of Thebes . Nysus ( who , according to this rather obscure tale , had been the god's nurse on Mount Nysa ) refused to turn over the ... DIONYSUS the Giant Eurytus with his thyrsus . Some say 209 DIONYSUS.
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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