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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... Metamorphoses , 8.738-878 . ] Erytheia . The island home of Geryon . Erytheia ( Red Island ) was located in the far west in the river Oceanus . At one time it was said to be in Ambra- cia , in western Greece , but it was moved farther ...
... Metamorphoses , 8.738-878 . ] Erytheia . The island home of Geryon . Erytheia ( Red Island ) was located in the far west in the river Oceanus . At one time it was said to be in Ambra- cia , in western Greece , but it was moved farther ...
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... Metamorphoses , 9.666-797 . ] Iphis ( 3 ) . A Cypriot youth . Iphis loved Anaxarete so desperately that , when she not only spurned him but mocked his pleas , he hanged himself from her doorpost . While watching his funeral procession ...
... Metamorphoses , 9.666-797 . ] Iphis ( 3 ) . A Cypriot youth . Iphis loved Anaxarete so desperately that , when she not only spurned him but mocked his pleas , he hanged himself from her doorpost . While watching his funeral procession ...
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... Metamorphoses , 11.90-193 ; Hyginus , Fabulae , 191 , 274 ; Herodotus 1.14 , 8.138 ; Pausanias 1.4.5 . ] Midea . A city in Argolis , northeast of Argos and Tiryns . Midea was forti- fied by Perseus , along with Mycenae and Tiryns ...
... Metamorphoses , 11.90-193 ; Hyginus , Fabulae , 191 , 274 ; Herodotus 1.14 , 8.138 ; Pausanias 1.4.5 . ] Midea . A city in Argolis , northeast of Argos and Tiryns . Midea was forti- fied by Perseus , along with Mycenae and Tiryns ...
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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