Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology, Volume 10Reference work with alphabetically-arranged entries illuminates the characters, places, and literary sources of Greek and Roman myths |
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Hera once joined Poseidon and Athena in binding Zeus , for some unexplained reason , and Thetis had to call up Briareüs from Tartarus to release him . On a later occasion , when Hera went too far in persecuting Heracles , who was her ...
Hera once joined Poseidon and Athena in binding Zeus , for some unexplained reason , and Thetis had to call up Briareüs from Tartarus to release him . On a later occasion , when Hera went too far in persecuting Heracles , who was her ...
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Zeus . The ruler of the Olympian gods , identified by the Romans with Jupiter . A. Zeus was said by Homer to be the eldest of the sons of CRONUS and Rhea . Most later writers accepted the view of Hesiod that he was the youngest ...
Zeus . The ruler of the Olympian gods , identified by the Romans with Jupiter . A. Zeus was said by Homer to be the eldest of the sons of CRONUS and Rhea . Most later writers accepted the view of Hesiod that he was the youngest ...
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ZEUS a dispose of TYPHÖEUS . Some say that even Zeus hid for a time in the guise of a ram . According to one tale , the monster cut off and hid the sinews of Zeus's hands and feet , and he would have been permanently incapacitated if ...
ZEUS a dispose of TYPHÖEUS . Some say that even Zeus hid for a time in the guise of a ram . According to one tale , the monster cut off and hid the sinews of Zeus's hands and feet , and he would have been permanently incapacitated if ...
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