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 169
... Roman praetors . The of Collatinus ' chaste wife , LUCRETIA , by Sextus Tarquinius led to Colla- tinus ' involvement in the overthrow of Sextus ' father , Lucius Tarquinius Super- bus , the last Roman king . Collatinus and Lucius Junius ...
... Roman praetors . The of Collatinus ' chaste wife , LUCRETIA , by Sextus Tarquinius led to Colla- tinus ' involvement in the overthrow of Sextus ' father , Lucius Tarquinius Super- bus , the last Roman king . Collatinus and Lucius Junius ...
Page 340
... Roman people . [ Plutarch , Parallel Lives , “ Romu- lus , " 4.3-5.5 ; Livy 1.4.7 . ] lares or lases . Roman household - gods . Each Roman home had its lar , who was honored together with the family's PENATES and Vesta , goddess of the ...
... Roman people . [ Plutarch , Parallel Lives , “ Romu- lus , " 4.3-5.5 ; Livy 1.4.7 . ] lares or lases . Roman household - gods . Each Roman home had its lar , who was honored together with the family's PENATES and Vesta , goddess of the ...
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... Roman goddess of the fertility of gardens . Originally a minor deity , Venus was identified with the Greek APHRODITE and became important in Roman cult as the grandmother of Aeneas ' son Iülus ( Ascanius ) , who was claimed as ancestor ...
... Roman goddess of the fertility of gardens . Originally a minor deity , Venus was identified with the Greek APHRODITE and became important in Roman cult as the grandmother of Aeneas ' son Iülus ( Ascanius ) , who was claimed as ancestor ...
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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