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 368
... suitors , some of the household servants , such as Melantheus ' father , Dolius , remained loyal to Odysseus . Me- lantheus , however , betrayed his master's interests by attaching himself to the suitors . When Odysseus returned to ...
... suitors , some of the household servants , such as Melantheus ' father , Dolius , remained loyal to Odysseus . Me- lantheus , however , betrayed his master's interests by attaching himself to the suitors . When Odysseus returned to ...
Page 417
Edward Tripp. younger beggar named Irus tried to impress the suitors by threatening the rival " beggar , " Odysseus boxed with him and felled him with one bone - crush- ing blow . The suitors treated him thereafter with greater respect ...
Edward Tripp. younger beggar named Irus tried to impress the suitors by threatening the rival " beggar , " Odysseus boxed with him and felled him with one bone - crush- ing blow . The suitors treated him thereafter with greater respect ...
Page 418
... suitors had failed to string the bow except for Antinoüs , who had thought of a clever excuse not to try . Odysseus now offered to make an attempt . The suitors protested furiously , but Penelope insisted that the guest be given a ...
... suitors had failed to string the bow except for Antinoüs , who had thought of a clever excuse not to try . Odysseus now offered to make an attempt . The suitors protested furiously , but Penelope insisted that the guest be given a ...
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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