Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology, Volume 10Reference work with alphabetically-arranged entries illuminates the characters, places, and literary sources of Greek and Roman myths |
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This huge beast ranged over Mount Erymanthus and ravaged the country about Psophis . On his way past Mount Pholoë , Heracles stopped with the Centaur Pholus , a son of Seilenus by an ash - nymph . This hospitable creature brought out ...
This huge beast ranged over Mount Erymanthus and ravaged the country about Psophis . On his way past Mount Pholoë , Heracles stopped with the Centaur Pholus , a son of Seilenus by an ash - nymph . This hospitable creature brought out ...
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Apparently from sheer pride in their strength , they piled Mount Ossa on Mount Olympus and then Mount Pelion on Ossa and showed every intention of storming heaven . As a preliminary move they captured the war - god , Ares , bound him ...
Apparently from sheer pride in their strength , they piled Mount Ossa on Mount Olympus and then Mount Pelion on Ossa and showed every intention of storming heaven . As a preliminary move they captured the war - god , Ares , bound him ...
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The indigenous people of the Troad , the region dominated by Troy , were the Teucrians , named for their king Teucer . This Teucer was a son of the river - god Scamander and Idaea , nymph of Mount Ida , although Roman tradition makes ...
The indigenous people of the Troad , the region dominated by Troy , were the Teucrians , named for their king Teucer . This Teucer was a son of the river - god Scamander and Idaea , nymph of Mount Ida , although Roman tradition makes ...
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