Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology1970 |
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Page 171
... Corinth . A city at the western end of the isthmus that joins the Peloponnesus to Boeotia . Corinth was originally called Ephyra , for a daughter of Oceanus ; the region around it was called Ephyraea . This land and Asopia , the ...
... Corinth . A city at the western end of the isthmus that joins the Peloponnesus to Boeotia . Corinth was originally called Ephyra , for a daughter of Oceanus ; the region around it was called Ephyraea . This land and Asopia , the ...
Page 175
... Corinth and betrothed to him his daughter , Glauce or Creüsa . Jason divorced his Colchian wife , Medea , in order to advance his prospects in Corinth . ( This act is the more ironic if , as some say , Medea's father , Aeëtes , had once ...
... Corinth and betrothed to him his daughter , Glauce or Creüsa . Jason divorced his Colchian wife , Medea , in order to advance his prospects in Corinth . ( This act is the more ironic if , as some say , Medea's father , Aeëtes , had once ...
Page 361
... Corinth . He had left the throne to Bunus on emigrating to Colchis , but Bunus ' last successor , Corinthus , had died childless . The Corinthians therefore offered the throne to Medea . The more usual story has it , however , that ...
... Corinth . He had left the throne to Bunus on emigrating to Colchis , but Bunus ' last successor , Corinthus , had died childless . The Corinthians therefore offered the throne to Medea . The more usual story has it , however , that ...
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According accounts Achilles Adrastus Aeschylus Aetolia ancient Aphrodite Apollo Apollodorus Apollonius Rhodius appeared Argonauts Argos Artemis Athens became bore brother brought called carried caused child claimed Crete daughter death descendants died Dionysus earth eponym Eteocles Euripides Fabulae father fell followed force gave Giants give given goddess gods Greek Hades hand head Helen Hera Heracles Hermes Hesiod Homer honor horse husband Hyginus identified Iliad island Italy Jason killed king known land later leader lived married Medea Messenia Metamorphoses Minos mother Mount murder myths nymph Odysseus offered once oracle originally Ovid Pausanias perhaps Perseus Poseidon punished refused region remained returned river Roman rule sailed seems sent ships sister sons story Thebes Theseus Thestius throne told took Trojan Troy turned wife women worshiped writers young youth Zeus