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 28
... Tyndareüs , king of Sparta , and overthrew Thyestes . The more usual tale has it that they were grown men long before Atreus ' death and acted as his agent in his long quarrel with Thyestes . In either case , Agamemnon took his father's ...
... Tyndareüs , king of Sparta , and overthrew Thyestes . The more usual tale has it that they were grown men long before Atreus ' death and acted as his agent in his long quarrel with Thyestes . In either case , Agamemnon took his father's ...
Page 535
... Tyndareüs was driven from Sparta by Hippocoön , but was restored to the throne by Heracles , who killed Hippocoön . Tyndareüs married Leda , a daugh- ter of the Aetolian king Thestius , who had entertained him during his exile . To ...
... Tyndareüs was driven from Sparta by Hippocoön , but was restored to the throne by Heracles , who killed Hippocoön . Tyndareüs married Leda , a daugh- ter of the Aetolian king Thestius , who had entertained him during his exile . To ...
Page 592
... Tyndareüs . A king of Sparta . A. Although the main events of Tyndareüs ' life were well known , the de- tails were disputed . It is not certain whether his father was Perieres or Oeba- lus or whether his mother was Perseus ' daughter ...
... Tyndareüs . A king of Sparta . A. Although the main events of Tyndareüs ' life were well known , the de- tails were disputed . It is not certain whether his father was Perieres or Oeba- lus or whether his mother was Perseus ' daughter ...
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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