Crowell's Handbook of Classical MythologyCrowell, 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 490
... Poseidon or Poseidaon . A god of the sea , of earthquakes , and of horses . A. Poseidon , whom the Romans identified with their god Neptune , was borne by Rhea to her husband , Cronus . According to an Arcadian legend , Rhea , knowing ...
... Poseidon or Poseidaon . A god of the sea , of earthquakes , and of horses . A. Poseidon , whom the Romans identified with their god Neptune , was borne by Rhea to her husband , Cronus . According to an Arcadian legend , Rhea , knowing ...
Page 491
... Poseidon the Isthmus . Poseidon quarreled vehemently with Hera over Argos and its environs . This time the judgment was left to three Ar- give river - gods - Inachus , Cephisus , and Asterion . When they decided in favor of Hera , Poseidon ...
... Poseidon the Isthmus . Poseidon quarreled vehemently with Hera over Argos and its environs . This time the judgment was left to three Ar- give river - gods - Inachus , Cephisus , and Asterion . When they decided in favor of Hera , Poseidon ...
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... Poseidon was also a god of horses . In Vergil's fancy , he brought forth the first horse from rock in the same manner that he created springs , with a blow of his trident . When Demeter was wandering through Arcadia in search of her ...
... Poseidon was also a god of horses . In Vergil's fancy , he brought forth the first horse from rock in the same manner that he created springs , with a blow of his trident . When Demeter was wandering through Arcadia in search of her ...
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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