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 284
... took the belt . According to another version of the story , Hippolyte's sister An- tiope fell in love with Theseus and betrayed the Amazons to the Greeks . Whether this is true , Theseus took Antiope back to Athens with him . On the ...
... took the belt . According to another version of the story , Hippolyte's sister An- tiope fell in love with Theseus and betrayed the Amazons to the Greeks . Whether this is true , Theseus took Antiope back to Athens with him . On the ...
Page 331
... took no fur- ther interest in him . According to some accounts , he became king of Corinth by virtue of Medea's hereditary claim to the throne . It is more commonly said that Jason was welcomed to Corinth by King Creon and lived there ...
... took no fur- ther interest in him . According to some accounts , he became king of Corinth by virtue of Medea's hereditary claim to the throne . It is more commonly said that Jason was welcomed to Corinth by King Creon and lived there ...
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... took her to Epimetheus , who foolishly accepted her as his bride . Pandora , whose name means “ all gifts , " brought with her as dowry a jar filled with all sorts of evils , which she released on earth , keeping only hope inside . This ...
... took her to Epimetheus , who foolishly accepted her as his bride . Pandora , whose name means “ all gifts , " brought with her as dowry a jar filled with all sorts of evils , which she released on earth , keeping only hope inside . This ...
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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