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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... MINOS [ A ] claimed the rule of Crete by divine right , he prayed to Poseidon for confirmation of this claim . The god sent a bull up from the sea , with orders that Minos sacrifice the bull to him . The miracle silenced Minos ' rivals ...
... MINOS [ A ] claimed the rule of Crete by divine right , he prayed to Poseidon for confirmation of this claim . The god sent a bull up from the sea , with orders that Minos sacrifice the bull to him . The miracle silenced Minos ' rivals ...
Page 186
... Minos ' daughter Ariadne fell in love with him and begged Daedalus to help her rescue him . At Daedalus ' suggestion she gave Theseus a ball of thread , which he was to unwind as he penetrated the Labyrinth so that he could later ...
... Minos ' daughter Ariadne fell in love with him and begged Daedalus to help her rescue him . At Daedalus ' suggestion she gave Theseus a ball of thread , which he was to unwind as he penetrated the Labyrinth so that he could later ...
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... Minos . A king of Crete . A. Some Classical writers , no doubt struck by the fact that Minos appears in mythology to have been almost perpetually the king of Crete , claimed that there were two kings of that name . The first was one of ...
... Minos . A king of Crete . A. Some Classical writers , no doubt struck by the fact that Minos appears in mythology to have been almost perpetually the king of Crete , claimed that there were two kings of that name . The first was one of ...
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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