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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... later gave her the head to wear in the center of her aegis . Some writers say that Athena guided his hand , or even killed Medusa herself , flaying her in order to use her skin for an AEGIS . The drops of blood that fell from Medusa's ...
... later gave her the head to wear in the center of her aegis . Some writers say that Athena guided his hand , or even killed Medusa herself , flaying her in order to use her skin for an AEGIS . The drops of blood that fell from Medusa's ...
Page 376
... later called Andania . It was Messene who first worshiped De- meter and Kore in Messenia , the rites having been shown her by Caucon . In Pausanias ' day Messene had the distinction of being perhaps the only woman to be honored with a ...
... later called Andania . It was Messene who first worshiped De- meter and Kore in Messenia , the rites having been shown her by Caucon . In Pausanias ' day Messene had the distinction of being perhaps the only woman to be honored with a ...
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... later welcomed their son Adrastus when he was exiled from Argos . Adrastus became king on Polybus ' death , but later returned to Argos . The Sicyonians then invited Ianiscus , a descendant of Clytius , from Attica , to rule them . He ...
... later welcomed their son Adrastus when he was exiled from Argos . Adrastus became king on Polybus ' death , but later returned to Argos . The Sicyonians then invited Ianiscus , a descendant of Clytius , from Attica , to rule them . He ...
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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