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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... eponym . A legendary figure from whom a people or a place is said to have taken its name . Only a few of these eponymous ancestors play significant roles in myth . Most are no more than names inserted into the accepted genealogies of ...
... eponym . A legendary figure from whom a people or a place is said to have taken its name . Only a few of these eponymous ancestors play significant roles in myth . Most are no more than names inserted into the accepted genealogies of ...
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... eponym of the Dorians ; Aeolus , eponym of the Aeolians ; and Xuthus , whose sons , Achaeüs and Ion , were eponyms , respec- tively , of the Achaeans and the Ionians . Hellenes . The Greeks ; specifically , all who shared the Greek ...
... eponym of the Dorians ; Aeolus , eponym of the Aeolians ; and Xuthus , whose sons , Achaeüs and Ion , were eponyms , respec- tively , of the Achaeans and the Ionians . Hellenes . The Greeks ; specifically , all who shared the Greek ...
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... eponym of Boeotian Orchomenus . Orchomenus has been called both the father and the son of Minyas , eponym of the Minyans , who occupied the city of Orchomenus . He is also said to have died childless . [ Pausanias 9.36.6-9.37.1 ...
... eponym of Boeotian Orchomenus . Orchomenus has been called both the father and the son of Minyas , eponym of the Minyans , who occupied the city of Orchomenus . He is also said to have died childless . [ Pausanias 9.36.6-9.37.1 ...
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