Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology, Volume 10Reference work with alphabetically-arranged entries illuminates the characters, places, and literary sources of Greek and Roman myths |
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Britomartis and Dictynna were Cretan goddesses who were identified with Artemis , as was Hecate on occasion . Diana , a Roman goddess of fertility , was sufficiently like Artemis to make their identification considerably more plausible ...
Britomartis and Dictynna were Cretan goddesses who were identified with Artemis , as was Hecate on occasion . Diana , a Roman goddess of fertility , was sufficiently like Artemis to make their identification considerably more plausible ...
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Liber , often called Father Liber , was generally worshiped together with Ceres and Libera , who were identified , respectively , with Demeter and Persephone . Iacchus , the obscure companion of the latter goddesses at Eleusis ...
Liber , often called Father Liber , was generally worshiped together with Ceres and Libera , who were identified , respectively , with Demeter and Persephone . Iacchus , the obscure companion of the latter goddesses at Eleusis ...
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He was , in fact , identified by most early Classical writers with his grandfather Sarpedon , Zeus's son by Europa . Sarpedon was the most powerful warrior among the Trojan allies . He was foremost in the assault on the Greek wall .
He was , in fact , identified by most early Classical writers with his grandfather Sarpedon , Zeus's son by Europa . Sarpedon was the most powerful warrior among the Trojan allies . He was foremost in the assault on the Greek wall .
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