Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology, Volume 10Reference 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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He was the father , by the nymph Orseïs , of Dorus , eponym of the Dorians ; Aeolus , eponym of the Aeolians ; and Xuthus , whose sons , Achaeüs and Ion , were eponyms , respectively , of the Achaeans and the Ionians . Hellenes .
He was the father , by the nymph Orseïs , of Dorus , eponym of the Dorians ; Aeolus , eponym of the Aeolians ; and Xuthus , whose sons , Achaeüs and Ion , were eponyms , respectively , of the Achaeans and the Ionians . Hellenes .
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The eponym of Boeotian Orchomenus . Orchomenus has been called both ... The two eponyms regularly connected with the area are Minyas and Orchomenus , either of whom may have been the father of the other . According to the traditions of ...
The eponym of Boeotian Orchomenus . Orchomenus has been called both ... The two eponyms regularly connected with the area are Minyas and Orchomenus , either of whom may have been the father of the other . According to the traditions of ...
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| Title | Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology, Volume 10 A Meridian book Crowell reference book Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology, Edward Tripp |
| Author | Edward Tripp |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Crowell, 1970 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Jul 2011 |
| ISBN | 069022608X, 9780690226089 |
| Length | 631 pages |
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