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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Edward Tripp. JASON According to Pindar , Jason was far from being alone in Iolcus . As soon as his uncles , Amythaon and Pheres , and their sons Melampus and Admetus . heard of his arrival , they gathered about him . Jason feasted them ...
Edward Tripp. JASON According to Pindar , Jason was far from being alone in Iolcus . As soon as his uncles , Amythaon and Pheres , and their sons Melampus and Admetus . heard of his arrival , they gathered about him . Jason feasted them ...
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... Jason was sure that Pelias had no intention of keeping his promise to relinquish the throne . With only fifty- two men at his side , Jason could not hope to take the city by force . As so often before , it was MEDEA [ B ] who found a ...
... Jason was sure that Pelias had no intention of keeping his promise to relinquish the throne . With only fifty- two men at his side , Jason could not hope to take the city by force . As so often before , it was MEDEA [ B ] who found a ...
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... Jason might steal it , and then left Colchis with the Greeks . Driven by her infatuation for Jason , she committed a final outrage against her people . She lured her own brother , Apsyrtus , to a lonely island where Jason might kill him ...
... Jason might steal it , and then left Colchis with the Greeks . Driven by her infatuation for Jason , she committed a final outrage against her people . She lured her own brother , Apsyrtus , to a lonely island where Jason might kill him ...
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