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 122
... head , or else steadied the pillars that supported it . Atlas stood at one of the far ends of the earth . He was most often said to be in northwestern Africa , where a great range of mountains bears his name today . In some accounts he ...
... head , or else steadied the pillars that supported it . Atlas stood at one of the far ends of the earth . He was most often said to be in northwestern Africa , where a great range of mountains bears his name today . In some accounts he ...
Page 280
... head from its neck , two other heads grew in its place . To make matters worse , the crab now sallied from the swamp and began biting Heracles ' foot . Heracles would not admit defeat , but he realized that even he could not cope with ...
... head from its neck , two other heads grew in its place . To make matters worse , the crab now sallied from the swamp and began biting Heracles ' foot . Heracles would not admit defeat , but he realized that even he could not cope with ...
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... heads were entwined with snakes . Perseus waited until they were asleep ; then , avoiding the two immortal Gor- gons , Stheno and Euryale , he crept toward Medusa . Watching her in his shield , he cut off her head with a single blow of ...
... heads were entwined with snakes . Perseus waited until they were asleep ; then , avoiding the two immortal Gor- gons , Stheno and Euryale , he crept toward Medusa . Watching her in his shield , he cut off her head with a single blow of ...
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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