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 283
... force . Other ac- counts say that he went down to the Underworld and fought Hades for her . After returning Alcestis to her grateful husband , Heracles went on his way to Thrace . Some writers say that he sailed there with a small force ...
... force . Other ac- counts say that he went down to the Underworld and fought Hades for her . After returning Alcestis to her grateful husband , Heracles went on his way to Thrace . Some writers say that he sailed there with a small force ...
Page 372
... force led by his brother . B. Menelaüs and Odysseus went first to the city of Troy to demand the re- turn of Helen and the treasure . They were refused , and a war began that lasted ten years . Menelaüs proved himself a brave if not ...
... force led by his brother . B. Menelaüs and Odysseus went first to the city of Troy to demand the re- turn of Helen and the treasure . They were refused , and a war began that lasted ten years . Menelaüs proved himself a brave if not ...
Page 572
... force to Thebes . In Euripides ' The Suppliants , he forces Creon to give up the Argive dead for bur- ial after the war of the Seven Against Thebes [ E ] . In the same playwright's Heracles , Theseus pays his debt to Heracles by ...
... force to Thebes . In Euripides ' The Suppliants , he forces Creon to give up the Argive dead for bur- ial after the war of the Seven Against Thebes [ E ] . In the same playwright's Heracles , Theseus pays his debt to Heracles by ...
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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