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( Hyginus , Poetica Astronomica , 2.16 . ) Aquilo . The Latin name for the north
wind . When personified as a god by the Romans , this wind was often called by
his Greek name , Boreas . Arabus . A son of Hermaon and Thronia , daughter of ...
( Hyginus , Poetica Astronomica , 2.16 . ) Aquilo . The Latin name for the north
wind . When personified as a god by the Romans , this wind was often called by
his Greek name , Boreas . Arabus . A son of Hermaon and Thronia , daughter of ...
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( Hyginus , Poetica Astronomica , 2.20 . ) Arimaspians or Arimaspi . A fabulous
one - eyed people . According to Herodotus , as well as later writers , the
Arimaspians lived beyond the Issedones , who lived beyond the Scythians . Their
country ...
( Hyginus , Poetica Astronomica , 2.20 . ) Arimaspians or Arimaspi . A fabulous
one - eyed people . According to Herodotus , as well as later writers , the
Arimaspians lived beyond the Issedones , who lived beyond the Scythians . Their
country ...
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... Fabulae , 30 , and Poetica Astronomica , 2.23-24 . ] E. The third labor that
Eurystheus exacted of Heracles was the capture alive of the Cerynitian hind .
This golden - homed deer ( which some call a stag , others a doe ) was sacred to
Artemis ...
... Fabulae , 30 , and Poetica Astronomica , 2.23-24 . ] E. The third labor that
Eurystheus exacted of Heracles was the capture alive of the Cerynitian hind .
This golden - homed deer ( which some call a stag , others a doe ) was sacred to
Artemis ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology |
| Author | Edward Tripp |
| Published | 1970 |
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