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Achilles killed the king and his seven sons in one day and held the queen for
ransom. ... of Priam's sons, Lycaon, while he worked in an orchard, and sold him
and his brothers Isus and Antiphus for ransom, only to kill them all later in battle.
Achilles killed the king and his seven sons in one day and held the queen for
ransom. ... of Priam's sons, Lycaon, while he worked in an orchard, and sold him
and his brothers Isus and Antiphus for ransom, only to kill them all later in battle.
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He distinguished himself there by killing Machaon and Peneletis, but was himself
killed by Neoptolemus. [Homer, Odyssey, 11.519–521; Little Iliad 1, 8; Pausanias
9.5.15.] Eurysaces. See AJAx (1). Eurysthenes. See PRocles. Eurystheus.
He distinguished himself there by killing Machaon and Peneletis, but was himself
killed by Neoptolemus. [Homer, Odyssey, 11.519–521; Little Iliad 1, 8; Pausanias
9.5.15.] Eurysaces. See AJAx (1). Eurysthenes. See PRocles. Eurystheus.
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Some writers say that Athena guided his hand, or even killed Medusa herself,
flaying her in order to use her skin for an Aegis. The drops of blood that fell from
Medusa's severed head into the Libyan Desert were transformed into snakes,
one of ...
Some writers say that Athena guided his hand, or even killed Medusa herself,
flaying her in order to use her skin for an Aegis. The drops of blood that fell from
Medusa's severed head into the Libyan Desert were transformed into snakes,
one of ...
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| Title | Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology |
| Author | Edward Tripp |
| Published | 1970 |
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