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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... killed many Greeks and gained a great reputa- tion by her prowess . Achilles killed her but fell in love with her corpse . When the sharp - tongued Thersites taunted him for this , Achilles killed him . Although Thersites had been ...
... killed many Greeks and gained a great reputa- tion by her prowess . Achilles killed her but fell in love with her corpse . When the sharp - tongued Thersites taunted him for this , Achilles killed him . Although Thersites had been ...
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... killed the minstrel that Agamemnon had left to guard his wife , seduced Cly- temnestra , and made himself ruler of ... killed him with an ax . Clytemnestra herself killed Cassandra . Together the lovers killed Cassandra's children ...
... killed the minstrel that Agamemnon had left to guard his wife , seduced Cly- temnestra , and made himself ruler of ... killed him with an ax . Clytemnestra herself killed Cassandra . Together the lovers killed Cassandra's children ...
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... killed the monster , but a quarrel arose afterward that resulted in Meleager's death . Althaea killed herself because of the guilt she felt over her part in her son's death . Oeneus married again . Some say that he won his new wife ...
... killed the monster , but a quarrel arose afterward that resulted in Meleager's death . Althaea killed herself because of the guilt she felt over her part in her son's death . Oeneus married again . Some say that he won his new wife ...
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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