Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology1970 |
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... Cretans who performed armed dances in honor of the boy god the Cretan Zeus . References to them in Greek and Roman works are numerous , but all three principal events of their myth are found in Apollodorus ( 1.1.6–7 , 2.1.3 , 3.3.1 ) ...
... Cretans who performed armed dances in honor of the boy god the Cretan Zeus . References to them in Greek and Roman works are numerous , but all three principal events of their myth are found in Apollodorus ( 1.1.6–7 , 2.1.3 , 3.3.1 ) ...
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... Cretan daimones , or spirits . The Dactyls ( Fingers ) , who were also called Idaeans because of their birth on Mount Ida in Crete , were said to be sons of the nymph Anchiale . Having some association with Rhea in Crete , they came to ...
... Cretan daimones , or spirits . The Dactyls ( Fingers ) , who were also called Idaeans because of their birth on Mount Ida in Crete , were said to be sons of the nymph Anchiale . Having some association with Rhea in Crete , they came to ...
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... Cretan mountain , Ida . The obscure Cretan goddess Dictynna was probably worshiped chiefly on this mountain . Dicte was also said by some to be the home of the Harpies . Dictynna . An epithet interpreted by Classical writers as " Lady ...
... Cretan mountain , Ida . The obscure Cretan goddess Dictynna was probably worshiped chiefly on this mountain . Dicte was also said by some to be the home of the Harpies . Dictynna . An epithet interpreted by Classical writers as " Lady ...
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