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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 65
Page 127
... Italy . By extension , the name came to be applied poetically to all Italy . The Ausonian Sea was an early name for the Ligurian Sea . Autesion . A Theban king . Autesion , son of Thersander's son Tisamenus , was hounded by the Erinyes ...
... Italy . By extension , the name came to be applied poetically to all Italy . The Ausonian Sea was an early name for the Ligurian Sea . Autesion . A Theban king . Autesion , son of Thersander's son Tisamenus , was hounded by the Erinyes ...
Page 244
... Italy , won several boxing contests in the Olympic games . On returning to Italy and settling in the town of Temesa , he found that the in- habitants annually sacrificed a young woman to the Hero , the ghost of one of Odysseus ' sailors ...
... Italy , won several boxing contests in the Olympic games . On returning to Italy and settling in the town of Temesa , he found that the in- habitants annually sacrificed a young woman to the Hero , the ghost of one of Odysseus ' sailors ...
Page 304
... Italy . According to Homer , Hespereia was the home of the Phaeacians before they were expelled by the Cyclopes . This imaginary western land ( the name means “ Land of Eve- ning " ) was later identified with Italy . Hesperides . Nymphs ...
... Italy . According to Homer , Hespereia was the home of the Phaeacians before they were expelled by the Cyclopes . This imaginary western land ( the name means “ Land of Eve- ning " ) was later identified with Italy . Hesperides . Nymphs ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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