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Page 191
The son of Zeus and Electra , daughter of Atlas . According to the Greeks , Dardanus was born in the region later called Troy , or came there from Samothrace or Crete . The Romans claimed that he was born in Italy and reached Troy by ...
The son of Zeus and Electra , daughter of Atlas . According to the Greeks , Dardanus was born in the region later called Troy , or came there from Samothrace or Crete . The Romans claimed that he was born in Italy and reached Troy by ...
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It was ( or so Helen later claimed ) this powerful but unscrupulous goddess who caused her to lose her head when the handsome young man appeared at Sparta . Menelaus entertained him royally for a time , and all might have gone well had ...
It was ( or so Helen later claimed ) this powerful but unscrupulous goddess who caused her to lose her head when the handsome young man appeared at Sparta . Menelaus entertained him royally for a time , and all might have gone well had ...
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Hearing , and believing , that the son of her old enemy Creon was there , she claimed - unaware that it was so — that he was actually Medus , who had come to kill Perses . She promised that , as a priestess , she could end the plague if ...
Hearing , and believing , that the son of her old enemy Creon was there , she claimed - unaware that it was so — that he was actually Medus , who had come to kill Perses . She promised that , as a priestess , she could end the plague if ...
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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
Bibliographic information
| Title | Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology |
| Author | Edward Tripp |
| Published | 1970 |
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