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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... Peloponnesus , known as Aegialus , and conquered it . They expelled the IONIANS and gave the region the name of Achaea , which it retained under the Romans . Although it is hard to see why there is no mention of local Achaeans in the ...
... Peloponnesus , known as Aegialus , and conquered it . They expelled the IONIANS and gave the region the name of Achaea , which it retained under the Romans . Although it is hard to see why there is no mention of local Achaeans in the ...
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... Peloponnesus in- herited the invaders ' name and was primarily thought of as Achaea in Classical times , long after the supposed expulsion had taken place . The Sicyonians , however , insisted that Sicyon had first been called Aegialeia ...
... Peloponnesus in- herited the invaders ' name and was primarily thought of as Achaea in Classical times , long after the supposed expulsion had taken place . The Sicyonians , however , insisted that Sicyon had first been called Aegialeia ...
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... Peloponnesus . Herodotus , however , used the name Dorian to mean all the Hellenes ; he be- lieved the Ionians to be Pelasgians , pre - Hellenic inhabitants of Greece . The actual origin of the Dorians is uncertain , but the principal ...
... Peloponnesus . Herodotus , however , used the name Dorian to mean all the Hellenes ; he be- lieved the Ionians to be Pelasgians , pre - Hellenic inhabitants of Greece . The actual origin of the Dorians is uncertain , but the principal ...
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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