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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... descendants , the Romans , were destined one day to destroy Carthage , her favorite city . Juno's evil de- signs on the Trojan fleet were foiled , however , by Neptune ( Poseidon ) , who calmed the sea . Aeneas reached Carthage in ...
... descendants , the Romans , were destined one day to destroy Carthage , her favorite city . Juno's evil de- signs on the Trojan fleet were foiled , however , by Neptune ( Poseidon ) , who calmed the sea . Aeneas reached Carthage in ...
Page 183
... descendants of the Tro- jan Antenor . They later welcomed settlers from the island of Thera , led by Battus . This band of unwilling pioneers settled first on the island of Platea . After two years of misfortune they moved to a pleasant ...
... descendants of the Tro- jan Antenor . They later welcomed settlers from the island of Thera , led by Battus . This band of unwilling pioneers settled first on the island of Platea . After two years of misfortune they moved to a pleasant ...
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... descendants remembered her vow never to burn shrubs . Theseus next went out of his way to hunt the wild sow or boar that was ravaging Crommyon . This sow , an offspring of Echidna and Typhon that was called Phaea , for the woman who had ...
... descendants remembered her vow never to burn shrubs . Theseus next went out of his way to hunt the wild sow or boar that was ravaging Crommyon . This sow , an offspring of Echidna and Typhon that was called Phaea , for the woman who had ...
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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