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Page 143
Transforming them into snakes, he sent them to live in the Elysian Fields. Some
Classical writers regarded this as a final punishment for the killing of Ares' sacred
snake. More probably it was a sign of perpetual honor, for the spirit of a dead ...
Transforming them into snakes, he sent them to live in the Elysian Fields. Some
Classical writers regarded this as a final punishment for the killing of Ares' sacred
snake. More probably it was a sign of perpetual honor, for the spirit of a dead ...
Page 181
Cychreus was associated in every story with a snake. Some say that he was
given the rule of Salamis for killing a dangerous snake. Others claim that he bred
the snake, which, when it was driven from Salamis by Eurylochus, went to the ...
Cychreus was associated in every story with a snake. Some say that he was
given the rule of Salamis for killing a dangerous snake. Others claim that he bred
the snake, which, when it was driven from Salamis by Eurylochus, went to the ...
Page 429
In her service he killed or captured the Cercopes, killed the outlaw Syleus and his
daughter, razed the city of the Itoni, and destroyed a great snake that was
ravaging a part of Lydia. Omphale is said by some Roman writers to have made ...
In her service he killed or captured the Cercopes, killed the outlaw Syleus and his
daughter, razed the city of the Itoni, and destroyed a great snake that was
ravaging a part of Lydia. Omphale is said by some Roman writers to have made ...
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| Title | Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology |
| Author | Edward Tripp |
| Published | 1970 |
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