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 162
... Pelops by the nymph Axioche or As- tyoche , a daughter of Danaüs . Chrysippus , because of his beauty , was carried off to Thebes by Laïus , who had been living at Pelops ' court in Pisa . The boy either killed himself or was murdered ...
... Pelops by the nymph Axioche or As- tyoche , a daughter of Danaüs . Chrysippus , because of his beauty , was carried off to Thebes by Laïus , who had been living at Pelops ' court in Pisa . The boy either killed himself or was murdered ...
Page 459
... Pelops succeeded . Hippodameia instituted the Heraean games at Olympia in gratitude to Hera for having brought about the marriage with Pe- lops . Pelops and Hippodameia were said in later generations to have been the parents of many ...
... Pelops succeeded . Hippodameia instituted the Heraean games at Olympia in gratitude to Hera for having brought about the marriage with Pe- lops . Pelops and Hippodameia were said in later generations to have been the parents of many ...
Page 543
... Pelops and served him in a stew . The gods saw through the trick at once , except for Demeter , who ate a piece of Pelops ' shoulder . The gods quickly restored Pelops to life , but con- signed Tantalus to an everlasting torture in ...
... Pelops and served him in a stew . The gods saw through the trick at once , except for Demeter , who ate a piece of Pelops ' shoulder . The gods quickly restored Pelops to life , but con- signed Tantalus to an everlasting torture in ...
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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