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[Homer, Iliad, 2.511–516, 13.518–528; Apollodorus 1.9.16, 3.10.8.] Ascanius.
See IULUs. Asclepius. A god of healing. Asclepius, a mortal who, like Heracles,
was deified, was a son of Apollo. His mother may have been Arsinoë, daughter of
...
[Homer, Iliad, 2.511–516, 13.518–528; Apollodorus 1.9.16, 3.10.8.] Ascanius.
See IULUs. Asclepius. A god of healing. Asclepius, a mortal who, like Heracles,
was deified, was a son of Apollo. His mother may have been Arsinoë, daughter of
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According to Homer [Iliad 23.664–699), he was a powerful boxer and a brave
soldier, and Vergil lists him among the Greeks in the horse. Late Classical
traditions made him, for some reason, a notorious coward. Epeius (2). A king of
Elis.
According to Homer [Iliad 23.664–699), he was a powerful boxer and a brave
soldier, and Vergil lists him among the Greeks in the horse. Late Classical
traditions made him, for some reason, a notorious coward. Epeius (2). A king of
Elis.
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See also Homer, Iliad, 8.266-334, 12.370–403, 13.169-185, 15.437–483, 23.859
–883; Vergil, Aeneid, 1.619–622; Pausanias 1.3.2, 1.28. 11, 2.29.4, 8.15.6-7.
Teumessus. A town near Thebes on the road to Chalcis. Teumessus was the
home ...
See also Homer, Iliad, 8.266-334, 12.370–403, 13.169-185, 15.437–483, 23.859
–883; Vergil, Aeneid, 1.619–622; Pausanias 1.3.2, 1.28. 11, 2.29.4, 8.15.6-7.
Teumessus. A town near Thebes on the road to Chalcis. Teumessus was the
home ...
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| Title | Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology |
| Author | Edward Tripp |
| Published | 1970 |
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