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 256
... Homer called " the House of Hades , " came to be referred to simply as Hades . Hades , a son of Cronus and Rhea , was swallowed by his father , together with his brother Poseidon and his sisters . The youngest brother , Zeus , escaped ...
... Homer called " the House of Hades , " came to be referred to simply as Hades . Hades , a son of Cronus and Rhea , was swallowed by his father , together with his brother Poseidon and his sisters . The youngest brother , Zeus , escaped ...
Page 260
... Homer describes them merely as " snatchers " ( the meaning of their name ) who were responsible for sudden disappearances that could not otherwise be explained . Telemachus says that his father has been snatched away by the Harpies [ Homer ...
... Homer describes them merely as " snatchers " ( the meaning of their name ) who were responsible for sudden disappearances that could not otherwise be explained . Telemachus says that his father has been snatched away by the Harpies [ Homer ...
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... [ Homer , Iliad , 3.121-124 ; Apollodorus " Epitome " 5.23 ; Hyginus , Fabulae , 101. ] Laodice ( 2 ) . A daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra , according to Homer . She may have been identified with Electra , whom Homer does not ...
... [ Homer , Iliad , 3.121-124 ; Apollodorus " Epitome " 5.23 ; Hyginus , Fabulae , 101. ] Laodice ( 2 ) . A daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra , according to Homer . She may have been identified with Electra , whom Homer does not ...
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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