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 133
... youth had tried to violate her , and de- manded justice . Proëtus , who had scruples against killing a guest and sup- pliant , sent Bellerophon to Lycia with a sealed letter to King Iobates , Stheneboea's father . Bellerophon willingly ...
... youth had tried to violate her , and de- manded justice . Proëtus , who had scruples against killing a guest and sup- pliant , sent Bellerophon to Lycia with a sealed letter to King Iobates , Stheneboea's father . Bellerophon willingly ...
Page 329
... youth Jason . After satisfying herself at the river that he was the right man to bring Medea to Iolcus , she set herself to guide all his crucial words and deeds with great care . Some say that Pelias had invited Jason to the festival ...
... youth Jason . After satisfying herself at the river that he was the right man to bring Medea to Iolcus , she set herself to guide all his crucial words and deeds with great care . Some say that Pelias had invited Jason to the festival ...
Page 396
... youth , he distinguished himself by his valor on a cattle raid into Elis . Nevertheless , when the Eleians attacked Pylus , Neleus took away his son's horses to prevent him from entering the battle , fearing that his inexperi- ence ...
... youth , he distinguished himself by his valor on a cattle raid into Elis . Nevertheless , when the Eleians attacked Pylus , Neleus took away his son's horses to prevent him from entering the battle , fearing that his inexperi- ence ...
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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