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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... ancient people , distinct from the Pelasgians , who were among the earliest inhabitants of Greece . The Carians were closely related to the Le- legians . Herodotus said , in fact , that they had been known as Lelegians when they ...
... ancient people , distinct from the Pelasgians , who were among the earliest inhabitants of Greece . The Carians were closely related to the Le- legians . Herodotus said , in fact , that they had been known as Lelegians when they ...
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... ancient Greeks , Chaos ex- isted before anything else , though not necessarily from the beginning of time . Out of Chaos ( which means “ Gulf ” and was presumably conceived of as a mass of nothingness ) came Ge ( Earth ) , Tartarus ...
... ancient Greeks , Chaos ex- isted before anything else , though not necessarily from the beginning of time . Out of Chaos ( which means “ Gulf ” and was presumably conceived of as a mass of nothingness ) came Ge ( Earth ) , Tartarus ...
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... ancient local goddess who came to be identified with Athena . ) The Lindians had the reputation of being among the most able sailors in the Mediterranean Sea . Linus . A poet - musician whose death was widely mourned . The earliest ...
... ancient local goddess who came to be identified with Athena . ) The Lindians had the reputation of being among the most able sailors in the Mediterranean Sea . Linus . A poet - musician whose death was widely mourned . The earliest ...
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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