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Page 107
When DEMETER ( C ) , weary from her long search for her daughter Persephone
, was offered barley water by Ascalabus ' mother , he ridiculed her greedy
drinking . The offended goddess turned him into a lizard ( askalabos ) that bore
spots ...
When DEMETER ( C ) , weary from her long search for her daughter Persephone
, was offered barley water by Ascalabus ' mother , he ridiculed her greedy
drinking . The offended goddess turned him into a lizard ( askalabos ) that bore
spots ...
Page 181
Cybele does not often appear in Greek literature , except as she is identified with
Rhea , the 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 .
Cybele does not often appear in Greek literature , except as she is identified with
Rhea , the 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 .
Page 463
Since his elder brothers inherited his father's kingdom , Pergamus left Epeirus
with his mother and migrated to Mysia . There he conquered Teuthrania , killing
King Areius , and renamed the city Pergamum . ( Pausanias 1.11.2 . ] Periboea (
1 ) ...
Since his elder brothers inherited his father's kingdom , Pergamus left Epeirus
with his mother and migrated to Mysia . There he conquered Teuthrania , killing
King Areius , and renamed the city Pergamum . ( Pausanias 1.11.2 . ] Periboea (
1 ) ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology |
| Author | Edward Tripp |
| Published | 1970 |
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