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 225
... Iliad . The account in Homer's poem of Achilles ' life was followed in the Aethiopis with the tale of his last deeds and of his death and burial . Two other epics that related events following those of the Iliad were the Little Iliad ...
... Iliad . The account in Homer's poem of Achilles ' life was followed in the Aethiopis with the tale of his last deeds and of his death and burial . Two other epics that related events following those of the Iliad were the Little Iliad ...
Page 288
... Iliad has led many to believe that it happened later , during Heracles ' war with Pylus . ) In either case , Heracles went off dragging the hell- hound , and emerged into daylight at one or another of the many entrances to Hades . He ...
... Iliad has led many to believe that it happened later , during Heracles ' war with Pylus . ) In either case , Heracles went off dragging the hell- hound , and emerged into daylight at one or another of the many entrances to Hades . He ...
Page 307
... Iliad and the Odyssey . Virtually nothing is known of Homer except that he was a Greek living in Ionia , probably in the eighth century B.C. Some modern scholars believe that the Iliad and the Odyssey are not from the same author or ...
... Iliad and the Odyssey . Virtually nothing is known of Homer except that he was a Greek living in Ionia , probably in the eighth century B.C. Some modern scholars believe that the Iliad and the Odyssey are not from the same author or ...
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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