Crowell's Handbook of Classical MythologyReference work with alphabetically-arranged entries illuminates the characters, places, and literary sources of Greek and Roman myths |
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A. There were many giants in Greek mythology , but the creatures called simply
by this name ( Gigantes ) were born , together with the Erinyes and the Meliae , to
Ge ( Earth ) when she was impregnated by the blood of the castrated Uranus ...
A. There were many giants in Greek mythology , but the creatures called simply
by this name ( Gigantes ) were born , together with the Erinyes and the Meliae , to
Ge ( Earth ) when she was impregnated by the blood of the castrated Uranus ...
Page 251
Urged on by their mother , the Giants , under the leadership of Eurymedon ,
Alung huge rocks and burning oaks at the sky . Ge searched for a plant that
would make her monstrous brood , like the gods , immortal , but Zeus forbade
Eos , Helius ...
Urged on by their mother , the Giants , under the leadership of Eurymedon ,
Alung huge rocks and burning oaks at the sky . Ge searched for a plant that
would make her monstrous brood , like the gods , immortal , but Zeus forbade
Eos , Helius ...
Page 442
In the war between gods and Giants , Athena killed Pallas , flayed him , and used
his tough skin as a shield . ... regarded as the eponym of the peninsula of Pallene
, though that region is generally associated with another Giant , Alcyoneus .
In the war between gods and Giants , Athena killed Pallas , flayed him , and used
his tough skin as a shield . ... regarded as the eponym of the peninsula of Pallene
, though that region is generally associated with another Giant , Alcyoneus .
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology A Meridian book Crowell reference book |
| Author | Edward Tripp |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Crowell, 1970 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Jul 2011 |
| ISBN | 069022608X, 9780690226089 |
| Length | 631 pages |
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