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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Page 89
... island of the Phaeacians . Instead of abiding by the judgment of the Phaeacian king , Alcinoüs , that Medea should go with the Ar- gonauts , her brother followed them to the island of Athena ( near Pola , in Is- tria ) , found Jason ...
... island of the Phaeacians . Instead of abiding by the judgment of the Phaeacian king , Alcinoüs , that Medea should go with the Ar- gonauts , her brother followed them to the island of Athena ( near Pola , in Is- tria ) , found Jason ...
Page 120
... island . Larger than Asia and Libya together , this island lay beyond the Pillars of Hercules in the Atlantic Ocean . Its earthborn first inhabitant , Evenor , married Leucippe and they had a daughter , Cleito . Poseidon , the patron ...
... island . Larger than Asia and Libya together , this island lay beyond the Pillars of Hercules in the Atlantic Ocean . Its earthborn first inhabitant , Evenor , married Leucippe and they had a daughter , Cleito . Poseidon , the patron ...
Page 560
Edward Tripp. THERA suitors , but Poseidon carried her off to the island of Crumissa or Crinissa . The determined suitors found out where she was hidden and sailed for the island . Poseidon foiled them by changing Theophane into a ewe ...
Edward Tripp. THERA suitors , but Poseidon carried her off to the island of Crumissa or Crinissa . The determined suitors found out where she was hidden and sailed for the island . Poseidon foiled them by changing Theophane into a ewe ...
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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