Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology1970 |
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... refused to fight any longer or to allow his troops to do so . His mother appealed to Zeus to give the Trojans victory so that the Greeks should be forced to heap honors on Achilles in order to win his help . Zeus consented . As a result ...
... refused to fight any longer or to allow his troops to do so . His mother appealed to Zeus to give the Trojans victory so that the Greeks should be forced to heap honors on Achilles in order to win his help . Zeus consented . As a result ...
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... refused , and lived to be a decrepit thousand years old . Apollo pursued the nymph DAPHNE , but she became a laurel bush rather than submit to him . He had to content himself with killing Leucippus , a young rival , and making the ...
... refused , and lived to be a decrepit thousand years old . Apollo pursued the nymph DAPHNE , but she became a laurel bush rather than submit to him . He had to content himself with killing Leucippus , a young rival , and making the ...
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... refused to pay them their wages . The sea - god had punished him by sending a sea - monster to ravage the land . An oracle had told Laomedon that this threat , and the plague sent at the same time by Apollo , would end only if he ...
... refused to pay them their wages . The sea - god had punished him by sending a sea - monster to ravage the land . An oracle had told Laomedon that this threat , and the plague sent at the same time by Apollo , would end only if he ...
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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