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 111
... young candidate : he must run a footrace with his prospective bride . If he won , Atalanta would be his . If he did not , however , he would be instantly killed and his head would adorn one of the poles set up about the stadium . The ...
... young candidate : he must run a footrace with his prospective bride . If he won , Atalanta would be his . If he did not , however , he would be instantly killed and his head would adorn one of the poles set up about the stadium . The ...
Page 556
... young son Labdacus . Nycteus died and left the regency to Lycus , or else Lycus seized it . Labdacus reigned briefly but died young , and Lycus continued as regent , this time for Labdacus ' infant son , Laïus . After twenty years on ...
... young son Labdacus . Nycteus died and left the regency to Lycus , or else Lycus seized it . Labdacus reigned briefly but died young , and Lycus continued as regent , this time for Labdacus ' infant son , Laïus . After twenty years on ...
Page 564
... young Theseus begged her to come out and promised not to hurt her she forgot her fears . Some time later she bore a son , Melanippus , but Theseus later gave her as a bride to Deïoneus . Even though Perigune's grandson Ioxus emigrated ...
... young Theseus begged her to come out and promised not to hurt her she forgot her fears . Some time later she bore a son , Melanippus , but Theseus later gave her as a bride to Deïoneus . Even though Perigune's grandson Ioxus emigrated ...
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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