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 60
... worshiped in Asian lands , where she was called Mylitta by the Assyrians , Alilat by the Arabians , Mitra by the Persians , and Argimpasa by the Scythians . There is little doubt that Aphrodite , like Artemis , was originally a mother ...
... worshiped in Asian lands , where she was called Mylitta by the Assyrians , Alilat by the Arabians , Mitra by the Persians , and Argimpasa by the Scythians . There is little doubt that Aphrodite , like Artemis , was originally a mother ...
Page 247
... worshiped in many parts of Greece . At Sicyon , at least , they received sacrifices similar to those usually dedicated to the Erinyes . An inscription on a herm - like image of Aphrodite Urania ( Heavenly ) called this goddess the ...
... worshiped in many parts of Greece . At Sicyon , at least , they received sacrifices similar to those usually dedicated to the Erinyes . An inscription on a herm - like image of Aphrodite Urania ( Heavenly ) called this goddess the ...
Page 385
... worshiped by pre - Hellenic inhabitants of Greece . Strong ele- ments of the type were also to be found in Aphrodite , Demeter , Artemis , and other divinities worshiped by the Hellenic Greeks . Cybele and other goddesses who were ...
... worshiped by pre - Hellenic inhabitants of Greece . Strong ele- ments of the type were also to be found in Aphrodite , Demeter , Artemis , and other divinities worshiped by the Hellenic Greeks . Cybele and other goddesses who were ...
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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