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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Page 196
... offered to work at any of the many tasks appropriate to old women . Metaneira , Celeüs ' wife , welcomed her , but at first the goddess sat in a corner immersed in her grief until a waiting woman named Iambe induced her to smile at her ...
... offered to work at any of the many tasks appropriate to old women . Metaneira , Celeüs ' wife , welcomed her , but at first the goddess sat in a corner immersed in her grief until a waiting woman named Iambe induced her to smile at her ...
Page 214
... offered to spy by night on the Greek camp , not for glory or from patriotism , but for the reward of Achilles ' horses and chariot . Although Dolon was quick on his feet , he was an incompetent spy and was captured almost at once by ...
... offered to spy by night on the Greek camp , not for glory or from patriotism , but for the reward of Achilles ' horses and chariot . Although Dolon was quick on his feet , he was an incompetent spy and was captured almost at once by ...
Page 407
... offered him a bowl of Maron's wine , which he had brought with him to the island . Polyphe- mus , who had never before tasted such excellent wine , was delighted and promised Odysseus a present if he would give him more . Odysseus plied ...
... offered him a bowl of Maron's wine , which he had brought with him to the island . Polyphe- mus , who had never before tasted such excellent wine , was delighted and promised Odysseus a present if he would give him more . Odysseus plied ...
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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