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 364
... gave two drops of the Gorgon's blood to Erichthonius , king of Athens ; one drop cured disease , the other was a deadly poison . The goddess also cut off a lock of Medusa's hair and gave it , concealed in an urn , to Heracles . He later ...
... gave two drops of the Gorgon's blood to Erichthonius , king of Athens ; one drop cured disease , the other was a deadly poison . The goddess also cut off a lock of Medusa's hair and gave it , concealed in an urn , to Heracles . He later ...
Page 531
... gave his daughter Zeuxippe in marriage to an Athenian , Sicyon , a son or grandson of Erechtheus , and thus won Sicyon as an ally in his Argive war . On Lamedon's death , his son - in - law became king and gave his own name to Aegialeia ...
... gave his daughter Zeuxippe in marriage to an Athenian , Sicyon , a son or grandson of Erechtheus , and thus won Sicyon as an ally in his Argive war . On Lamedon's death , his son - in - law became king and gave his own name to Aegialeia ...
Page 564
... gave her as a bride to Deïoneus . Even though Perigune's grandson Ioxus emigrated far away to Caria , he and his descendants remembered her vow never to burn shrubs . Theseus next went out of his way to hunt the wild sow or boar that ...
... gave her as a bride to Deïoneus . Even though Perigune's grandson Ioxus emigrated far away to Caria , he and his descendants remembered her vow never to burn shrubs . Theseus next went out of his way to hunt the wild sow or boar that ...
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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