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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... known . Under Abas ' son Chalcodon , they engaged in an unsuccessful struggle for power with Thebes . Chalcodon's son , Elephenor , later gave sanc- tuary in Euboea to the two sons of Theseus , king of Athens . Still later , he led the ...
... known . Under Abas ' son Chalcodon , they engaged in an unsuccessful struggle for power with Thebes . Chalcodon's son , Elephenor , later gave sanc- tuary in Euboea to the two sons of Theseus , king of Athens . Still later , he led the ...
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... known as Achaea . Homer , however , regularly applied the name Achaeans ( Achaioi ) to all the Greek forces in the Trojan War ; but he also said [ Iliad 2.681-685 ] that the name was particularly used for a people of southern Thessaly ...
... known as Achaea . Homer , however , regularly applied the name Achaeans ( Achaioi ) to all the Greek forces in the Trojan War ; but he also said [ Iliad 2.681-685 ] that the name was particularly used for a people of southern Thessaly ...
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... known as Lelegians when they occupied the Aegean islands . Although under Cretan domination , they were among the most important peoples of their age . Later , when they were driven from the islands to the mainland of southwestern Asia ...
... known as Lelegians when they occupied the Aegean islands . Although under Cretan domination , they were among the most important peoples of their age . Later , when they were driven from the islands to the mainland of southwestern Asia ...
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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