Crowell's Handbook of Classical MythologyCrowell, 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 51
... death as a young man while fighting the Marathonian bull , or from ambush as he traveled to Thebes . Minos , rightfully suspecting that Aegeus , king of Athens , had played a part in Androgeüs ' death , declared war on Athens , which ...
... death as a young man while fighting the Marathonian bull , or from ambush as he traveled to Thebes . Minos , rightfully suspecting that Aegeus , king of Athens , had played a part in Androgeüs ' death , declared war on Athens , which ...
Page 334
... death . They were said by Hesiod to be daughters of Nyx ( Night ) and sisters of Moros ( Doom ) , Thana- tos ( Death ) , Hypnos ( Sleep ) , and other abstractions . They were invoked by Medea during her incantation that caused the ...
... death . They were said by Hesiod to be daughters of Nyx ( Night ) and sisters of Moros ( Doom ) , Thana- tos ( Death ) , Hypnos ( Sleep ) , and other abstractions . They were invoked by Medea during her incantation that caused the ...
Page 537
... death of Eurystheus . [ Apollodorus 2.4.5-6 ] Sthenelus ( 2 ) . The son of Capaneus and Evadne . Sthenelus marched with the Epigoni and later , after the death of both Adrastus and Aegialeus , he may have received the Argive throne ...
... death of Eurystheus . [ Apollodorus 2.4.5-6 ] Sthenelus ( 2 ) . The son of Capaneus and Evadne . Sthenelus marched with the Epigoni and later , after the death of both Adrastus and Aegialeus , he may have received the Argive throne ...
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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