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 62
... oracle . This oracle had originally belonged to Ge , or to Ge and Poseidon . More recently it had been in the hands of another earth - goddess , Themis , who , some say , willingly turned it over to Apollo . He established his own cult ...
... oracle . This oracle had originally belonged to Ge , or to Ge and Poseidon . More recently it had been in the hands of another earth - goddess , Themis , who , some say , willingly turned it over to Apollo . He established his own cult ...
Page 192
... oracle that made the city famous . This oracle originally belonged to Ge ( Earth ) , though some say that she shared it with Poseidon , who spoke through a prophet named Pyrcon . Ge turned over the oracle , or her share of it , to ...
... oracle that made the city famous . This oracle originally belonged to Ge ( Earth ) , though some say that she shared it with Poseidon , who spoke through a prophet named Pyrcon . Ge turned over the oracle , or her share of it , to ...
Page 588
... oracle at Delphi . They were told to ask the advice of the oracle of Trophonius at their own city of Lebadeia . Surprised , they retraced their steps as far as this not very impor- tant town , but found no one who had heard of the ...
... oracle at Delphi . They were told to ask the advice of the oracle of Trophonius at their own city of Lebadeia . Surprised , they retraced their steps as far as this not very impor- tant town , but found no one who had heard of the ...
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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