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 133
... PROËTUS , king of Tiryns , who purified him . Proëtus ' wife , whom Homer calls Anteia but whom other writers call Stheneboea , found the young man attrac- tive and tried to seduce him , but Bellerophon remained unimpressed . Enraged ...
... PROËTUS , king of Tiryns , who purified him . Proëtus ' wife , whom Homer calls Anteia but whom other writers call Stheneboea , found the young man attrac- tive and tried to seduce him , but Bellerophon remained unimpressed . Enraged ...
Page 468
... Proëtus to avenge Acrisius , but Proëtus ' only son , Megapenthes , later avenged his father by killing Perseus . F. According to the usual account , Perseus was ashamed to inherit the throne of Argos from the man whom he had killed ...
... Proëtus to avenge Acrisius , but Proëtus ' only son , Megapenthes , later avenged his father by killing Perseus . F. According to the usual account , Perseus was ashamed to inherit the throne of Argos from the man whom he had killed ...
Page 499
... Proëtus suffered a more serious misfortune — the madness of his daughters . He called in the Messenian seer ME- LAMPUS [ C ] , who offered to cure the women in return for a third or a half of Proëtus ' kingdom . Proëtus was reluctant to ...
... Proëtus suffered a more serious misfortune — the madness of his daughters . He called in the Messenian seer ME- LAMPUS [ C ] , who offered to cure the women in return for a third or a half of Proëtus ' kingdom . Proëtus was reluctant to ...
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