Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology1970 |
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... mother , he ridiculed her greedy drinking . The offended goddess turned him into a lizard ( askalabos ) that bore spots formed by the barley meal in the drink . ( Ovid , Metamorphoses , 5-446–461 . ] Ascalaphus ( 1 ) . A son of the ...
... mother , he ridiculed her greedy drinking . The offended goddess turned him into a lizard ( askalabos ) that bore spots formed by the barley meal in the drink . ( Ovid , Metamorphoses , 5-446–461 . ] Ascalaphus ( 1 ) . A son of the ...
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... mother of most of the Olympian gods . In this guise she is said to have purified the young Dionysus and taught him his rites at Cybela , in Phrygia . She also taught prophecy to Oenone . As the mother - goddess of Mount Tmolus , she was ...
... mother of most of the Olympian gods . In this guise she is said to have purified the young Dionysus and taught him his rites at Cybela , in Phrygia . She also taught prophecy to Oenone . As the mother - goddess of Mount Tmolus , she was ...
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... mother and migrated to Mysia . There he conquered Teuthrania , killing King Areius , and renamed the city Pergamum . ( Pausanias 1.11.2 . ] Periboea ( 1 ) . The wife of Polybus , a king of Corinth or Sicyon . Periboea , who is often ...
... mother and migrated to Mysia . There he conquered Teuthrania , killing King Areius , and renamed the city Pergamum . ( Pausanias 1.11.2 . ] Periboea ( 1 ) . The wife of Polybus , a king of Corinth or Sicyon . Periboea , who is often ...
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