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 246
... gods , in others even Zeus bows to their will . In the Theogony , the earliest extant work to name them individually , Hesiod identifies them first as three daughters of Nyx ( Night ) : Clotho , Lachesis , and Atropos . Later in the ...
... gods , in others even Zeus bows to their will . In the Theogony , the earliest extant work to name them individually , Hesiod identifies them first as three daughters of Nyx ( Night ) : Clotho , Lachesis , and Atropos . Later in the ...
Page 443
... god's name . He is said to have used this weapon effectively against the Titans during their war against the gods . These exploits of Pan took place either in his native Arcadia or in heaven . ( The single exception , his contest with ...
... god's name . He is said to have used this weapon effectively against the Titans during their war against the gods . These exploits of Pan took place either in his native Arcadia or in heaven . ( The single exception , his contest with ...
Page 609
... gods and men . Such was the nature of the chief god that the invading Hellenes are believed to have brought with ... gods and daimones besides the Cretan god were absorbed by the all - powerful figure of Zeus , including such primitive ...
... gods and men . Such was the nature of the chief god that the invading Hellenes are believed to have brought with ... gods and daimones besides the Cretan god were absorbed by the all - powerful figure of Zeus , including such primitive ...
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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