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 123
... brother had gone mad , readily agreed to this further test . To his astonishment the seemingly impossi- ble events occurred . The Mycenaeans accepted this as proof of Atreus ' claim and awarded him the throne . His first official act ...
... brother had gone mad , readily agreed to this further test . To his astonishment the seemingly impossi- ble events occurred . The Mycenaeans accepted this as proof of Atreus ' claim and awarded him the throne . His first official act ...
Page 256
... brother Poseidon and his sisters . The youngest brother , Zeus , escaped this fate and forced Cronus to vomit up his children . Although most other ac- counts imply that Zeus was then chosen by his brothers and sisters to rule the ...
... brother Poseidon and his sisters . The youngest brother , Zeus , escaped this fate and forced Cronus to vomit up his children . Although most other ac- counts imply that Zeus was then chosen by his brothers and sisters to rule the ...
Page 372
... brother as to how he might get Helen , and the treasure , back . They recalled that Tyndareüs had forced all his daughter's suitors to vow to protect the interests of whichever husband she might choose . They now sent messengers to ...
... brother as to how he might get Helen , and the treasure , back . They recalled that Tyndareüs had forced all his daughter's suitors to vow to protect the interests of whichever husband she might choose . They now sent messengers to ...
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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