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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 Belus.
[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 Belus.
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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, said
...
[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, said
...
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... Hesiod, Theogony, 313–318; Hyginus, Fabulae, 3o, 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-horned deer (which some call a stag, ...
... Hesiod, Theogony, 313–318; Hyginus, Fabulae, 3o, 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-horned deer (which some call a stag, ...
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| Title | Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology |
| Author | Edward Tripp |
| Published | 1970 |
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