Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology, Volume 10Reference work with alphabetically-arranged entries illuminates the characters, places, and literary sources of Greek and Roman myths. |
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Page 168
Codrus , too , learned of this oracle and , disguising himself , picked a quarrel with the invaders , so that they killed him . On discovering what they had done , the Peloponnesians marched home again , convinced that they would be ...
Codrus , too , learned of this oracle and , disguising himself , picked a quarrel with the invaders , so that they killed him . On discovering what they had done , the Peloponnesians marched home again , convinced that they would be ...
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As he was dying at Heracles ' hands he gave Deianeira a mixture of his blood and semen , claiming that the potion would insure Heracles ' love for her . Later , Deianeira learned that Heracles had taken Iole as a concubine .
As he was dying at Heracles ' hands he gave Deianeira a mixture of his blood and semen , claiming that the potion would insure Heracles ' love for her . Later , Deianeira learned that Heracles had taken Iole as a concubine .
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Demophon , king of Elaeüs , learned from an oracle that a plague which was troubling his city could be averted only if he annually sacrificed a girl from a noble family . He carried out this command , but found an excuse to exempt his ...
Demophon , king of Elaeüs , learned from an oracle that a plague which was troubling his city could be averted only if he annually sacrificed a girl from a noble family . He carried out this command , but found an excuse to exempt his ...
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According Achilles Aeëtes Aegeus Aeneas Aeneïd 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 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 Menelaus 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 Proëtus 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
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| Title | Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology, Volume 10 A Meridian book Crowell reference book Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology, Edward Tripp |
| Author | Edward Tripp |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Crowell, 1970 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Jul 2011 |
| ISBN | 069022608X, 9780690226089 |
| Length | 631 pages |
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