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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Edward Tripp. PERSEUS he placed it on his head . Hermes appeared and gave Perseus the last weapon , a sword or sickle of adamant . ( Some writers claim that it was Hermes who lent Perseus the cap and sandals , his own , because he found ...
Edward Tripp. PERSEUS he placed it on his head . Hermes appeared and gave Perseus the last weapon , a sword or sickle of adamant . ( Some writers claim that it was Hermes who lent Perseus the cap and sandals , his own , because he found ...
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... Perseus leaped into the air and dived on the monster . After a violent but brief battle , he killed it and quickly released An- dromeda . ( The people of Joppa later claimed ... PERSEUS the wind blew the discus astray , or else 467 PERSEUS.
... Perseus leaped into the air and dived on the monster . After a violent but brief battle , he killed it and quickly released An- dromeda . ( The people of Joppa later claimed ... PERSEUS the wind blew the discus astray , or else 467 PERSEUS.
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... Perseus avenged his grandfather by turning Proëtus to stone . Hyginus ' account of the events of Perseus ' life is unusual . He records that Polydectes was a benevolent king who married Danaë and had Perseus brought up in the temple of ...
... Perseus avenged his grandfather by turning Proëtus to stone . Hyginus ' account of the events of Perseus ' life is unusual . He records that Polydectes was a benevolent king who married Danaë and had Perseus brought up in the temple 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