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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Page 69
... son of Aphei- das ' son Aleüs , ruled into extreme old age at Tegea , outliving his sons , Epo- chus and Ancaeüs . Ancaeüs ' son , Agapenor , led Arcadian forces to the Trojan War , borrowing ships from Mycenae , since landlocked ...
... son of Aphei- das ' son Aleüs , ruled into extreme old age at Tegea , outliving his sons , Epo- chus and Ancaeüs . Ancaeüs ' son , Agapenor , led Arcadian forces to the Trojan War , borrowing ships from Mycenae , since landlocked ...
Page 219
... sons capable of chal- lenging him . Eagerly she hoped for Orestes ' return to avenge their father . When he appeared , she helped him and Pylades to kill Aegisthus and Clytem- nestra . According to Euripides ' Orestes , she also abetted ...
... sons capable of chal- lenging him . Eagerly she hoped for Orestes ' return to avenge their father . When he appeared , she helped him and Pylades to kill Aegisthus and Clytem- nestra . According to Euripides ' Orestes , she also abetted ...
Page 292
... sons . One of these , Periclymenus , had the power to change his shape . Heracles shot him while he was in the form of an eagle . Nestor , the youngest of Neleus ' sons , survived this invasion because he was liv- ing in Gerenia at the ...
... sons . One of these , Periclymenus , had the power to change his shape . Heracles shot him while he was in the form of an eagle . Nestor , the youngest of Neleus ' sons , survived this invasion because he was liv- ing in Gerenia at 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