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 202
... throne reverted to Cylarabes , son of Sthenelus , for Sthenelus , though only Diomedes ' squire at Troy , came of an ancient Argive family with a better claim to the throne than even that of Adrastus , whose ancestors were Messenian ...
... throne reverted to Cylarabes , son of Sthenelus , for Sthenelus , though only Diomedes ' squire at Troy , came of an ancient Argive family with a better claim to the throne than even that of Adrastus , whose ancestors were Messenian ...
Page 331
... throne . With only fifty- two men at his side , Jason could not hope to take the city by force . As so often before , it was MEDEA [ B ] who found a solution to his problem . She killed Pe- lias by a trick and thus allowed the Argonauts ...
... throne . With only fifty- two men at his side , Jason could not hope to take the city by force . As so often before , it was MEDEA [ B ] who found a solution to his problem . She killed Pe- lias by a trick and thus allowed the Argonauts ...
Page 556
... throne . During Pentheus ' brief reign a third force had gained a foothold in the Cadmeian government with the admittance to citizenship of two Euboean brothers , Nycteus and Lycus . On dying , Polydorus , who had married Nycteus ...
... throne . During Pentheus ' brief reign a third force had gained a foothold in the Cadmeian government with the admittance to citizenship of two Euboean brothers , Nycteus and Lycus . On dying , Polydorus , who had married Nycteus ...
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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