Crowell's Handbook of Classical MythologyCrowell, 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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... honor . B. As the Trojans left Sicily to sail northward , Juno ( Hera ) commanded Aeolus , keeper of the winds , to destroy the Trojan fleet . The goddess had not forgotten her anger at Venus ( Aphrodite ) for winning the golden apple ...
... honor . B. As the Trojans left Sicily to sail northward , Juno ( Hera ) commanded Aeolus , keeper of the winds , to destroy the Trojan fleet . The goddess had not forgotten her anger at Venus ( Aphrodite ) for winning the golden apple ...
Page 467
... honor , but the young man soon learned that , in his eagerness to save his daughter , the king had failed to mention that he had al- ready promised Andromeda's hand to his brother , Phineus . When Phineus came to the banquet to claim ...
... honor , but the young man soon learned that , in his eagerness to save his daughter , the king had failed to mention that he had al- ready promised Andromeda's hand to his brother , Phineus . When Phineus came to the banquet to claim ...
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... honor of Jupiter Elicius . Tullus was succeeded by Ancus Marcius , a grandson of Numa , who tried to combine the best characteristics of his three predecessors . He extended the dominion of Rome southward into Latium and westward to the ...
... honor of Jupiter Elicius . Tullus was succeeded by Ancus Marcius , a grandson of Numa , who tried to combine the best characteristics of his three predecessors . He extended the dominion of Rome southward into Latium and westward to the ...
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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