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 114
... story , one son by Themisto , Leucon , survived . On learning what she had done , she killed her- self . Ino's triumph was short - lived , however , for this story ends , like the others , with her and Athamas destroying their children ...
... story , one son by Themisto , Leucon , survived . On learning what she had done , she killed her- self . Ino's triumph was short - lived , however , for this story ends , like the others , with her and Athamas destroying their children ...
Page 201
... story contains genuine elements of some Phoenician myth . It is believed by many scholars that Dido , and perhaps other characters in the story , were Phoenician divini- ties , but little more can be gleaned from existing evidence ...
... story contains genuine elements of some Phoenician myth . It is believed by many scholars that Dido , and perhaps other characters in the story , were Phoenician divini- ties , but little more can be gleaned from existing evidence ...
Page 601
... story . LAOCOÖN was sacrificing to Po- seidon by the shore when two great snakes were seen swimming through the sea ... story of the event is the most detailed , parts of the legend are told by Homer [ Odyssey 4.271-289 , 8.492-520 ] ...
... story . LAOCOÖN was sacrificing to Po- seidon by the shore when two great snakes were seen swimming through the sea ... story of the event is the most detailed , parts of the legend are told by Homer [ Odyssey 4.271-289 , 8.492-520 ] ...
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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