Crowell's Handbook of Classical MythologyCrowell, 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 289
... Heracles did not return to Thebes , but instead gave his wife , Megara , to Iolaüs and set out to find a new wife for himself . He claimed as his reason for ... HERACLES long harried Omphale's land . Finally he killed a 289 HERACLES.
... Heracles did not return to Thebes , but instead gave his wife , Megara , to Iolaüs and set out to find a new wife for himself . He claimed as his reason for ... HERACLES long harried Omphale's land . Finally he killed a 289 HERACLES.
Page 292
... Heracles and his Arcadians . Some say that Heracles killed Augeias , others that he merely deposed him . In either event he called Augeias ' son Phyleus home from exile and placed him on the throne of Elis . While he was in this region ...
... Heracles and his Arcadians . Some say that Heracles killed Augeias , others that he merely deposed him . In either event he called Augeias ' son Phyleus home from exile and placed him on the throne of Elis . While he was in this region ...
Page 295
... Heracles climbed to the top of Mount Oeta . Hyllus , at his father's com- mand , built a pyre , but when Heracles had climbed upon it , neither his son nor any of the mourners could bring himself to set it afire . Finally Poeas ...
... Heracles climbed to the top of Mount Oeta . Hyllus , at his father's com- mand , built a pyre , but when Heracles had climbed upon it , neither his son nor any of the mourners could bring himself to set it afire . Finally Poeas ...
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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