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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... king's son . In this version the king ( Eleusis ) , rather than his wife , sees his son being roasted in the fire . He is killed by the goddess when he interferes , but the child ( Triptol- emus instead of Demophoön ) survives and is ...
... king's son . In this version the king ( Eleusis ) , rather than his wife , sees his son being roasted in the fire . He is killed by the goddess when he interferes , but the child ( Triptol- emus instead of Demophoön ) survives and is ...
Page 444
... king , married Pancratis . Not long afterward her half - brothers , Otus and Ephialtes , avenged her and Iphimedeia by taking the island , but Pancratis died . [ Diodo- rus Siculus 5.50.6-5.51.2 . ] Pandareüs . A king of Miletus , in ...
... king , married Pancratis . Not long afterward her half - brothers , Otus and Ephialtes , avenged her and Iphimedeia by taking the island , but Pancratis died . [ Diodo- rus Siculus 5.50.6-5.51.2 . ] Pandareüs . A king of Miletus , in ...
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... king of Corinth . Polybus and his wife , Merope , or Peri- boea , were the foster parents of OEDIPUS [ A ] . It may be this same Polybus whom Pausanias [ 2.6.6 ] calls a king of Sicyon . [ Sophocles , Oedipus the King , 774-775 , 939 ...
... king of Corinth . Polybus and his wife , Merope , or Peri- boea , were the foster parents of OEDIPUS [ A ] . It may be this same Polybus whom Pausanias [ 2.6.6 ] calls a king of Sicyon . [ Sophocles , Oedipus the King , 774-775 , 939 ...
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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