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 183
... Messenian throne . The Arcadian bond with Messenia was to serve Arca- dia well in generations of wars with Sparta . Cyrene . A nymph , the daughter of Hypseus , king of the Lapiths , or of the river - god Peneius . A huntress on Mount ...
... Messenian throne . The Arcadian bond with Messenia was to serve Arca- dia well in generations of wars with Sparta . Cyrene . A nymph , the daughter of Hypseus , king of the Lapiths , or of the river - god Peneius . A huntress on Mount ...
Page 376
... Messenia . Andania may also have been called Messene at the time of its founding . In myth , the land of Messenia is often called Messene , though the later city of that name seems to have had no great importance in the mythological ...
... Messenia . Andania may also have been called Messene at the time of its founding . In myth , the land of Messenia is often called Messene , though the later city of that name seems to have had no great importance in the mythological ...
Page 507
... Messenia . It was said to have been founded by Pylas , the exiled king of Megara , who colonized it with his Leleges . When Neleus came to Mes- senia , he was welcomed by his uncle Aphareus , who ruled in Arene . Neleus settled in Pylus ...
... Messenia . It was said to have been founded by Pylas , the exiled king of Megara , who colonized it with his Leleges . When Neleus came to Mes- senia , he was welcomed by his uncle Aphareus , who ruled in Arene . Neleus settled in Pylus ...
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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