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 13
... caused the death of Calliope's son Orpheus . Aphrodite had little joy of Adonis , how- ever , for he was killed at an early age by a boar . According to a different version of Adonis ' story , Aphrodite saw Adonis for the first time ...
... caused the death of Calliope's son Orpheus . Aphrodite had little joy of Adonis , how- ever , for he was killed at an early age by a boar . According to a different version of Adonis ' story , Aphrodite saw Adonis for the first time ...
Page 58
... causing the death of her son Orpheus , but she could not alter the judgment . She later lost Adonis altogether when he was killed by a boar . To commemorate him she caused the blood - red anemone to grow from his blood . Aphrodite had ...
... causing the death of her son Orpheus , but she could not alter the judgment . She later lost Adonis altogether when he was killed by a boar . To commemorate him she caused the blood - red anemone to grow from his blood . Aphrodite had ...
Page 274
... caused by the spilled milk when she woke to discover the trick . Angrier than ever , Hera deprived Heracles of his birthright and tried to cause his death even in his crib . Failing in this , she pursued him throughout his life , causing ...
... caused by the spilled milk when she woke to discover the trick . Angrier than ever , Hera deprived Heracles of his birthright and tried to cause his death even in his crib . Failing in this , she pursued him throughout his life , causing ...
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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