The Meridian Handbook of Classical MythologyNew American Library, 1974 - 631 pages The ultimate single-volume reference guide to Greek and Roman mythology An ideal resource for students, teachers, librarians, writers, and readers of great literature, the Meridian Handbookhas set the standard for over three decades as the classic guide to the myths of Greece and Rome. From Athena to Zeus, Abantes to Zninthe, the epic heroes and gods who inhabit the pantheon of great literature are covered in fascinating detail. Complete stories and short identifications of characters, events, place names, and constellations are included. For a fuller perspective of the mythological realm, there are maps of the classical world and genealogical charts of the great royal lines. Comprehensive and accessible, the Meridian Handbook is an indispensable aid to understanding and enjoying mythology. |
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Page 276
... husband until he had avenged the murder of her brothers by Taphian pirates , which had occurred some time earlier ... husband's exploits that she had heard the night before . The seer Teiresias cleared up the mystery and Amphitryon ...
... husband until he had avenged the murder of her brothers by Taphian pirates , which had occurred some time earlier ... husband's exploits that she had heard the night before . The seer Teiresias cleared up the mystery and Amphitryon ...
Page 417
... husband had not returned from the Trojan War and her son was now approaching manhood , she would soon con- sider whom she would take for a second husband , as Odysseus himself had di- rected before he left home . She upbraided the ...
... husband had not returned from the Trojan War and her son was now approaching manhood , she would soon con- sider whom she would take for a second husband , as Odysseus himself had di- rected before he left home . She upbraided the ...
Page 504
... husband left the palace , but he came again the next night and the next . On the fourth night , however , Psyche's husband urgently warned her that her sisters were seeking her and that she must not see them . The follow- ing day Psyche ...
... husband left the palace , but he came again the next night and the next . On the fourth night , however , Psyche's husband urgently warned her that her sisters were seeking her and that she must not see them . The follow- ing day Psyche ...
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According Achilles Aeëtes Aegeus Aeneas Aeolus Agamemnon Alcmeon Amphitryon Aphrodite Apollo Apollodorus Apollonius Rhodius Arcadia Argive Argonauts Argos Artemis Athamas Athenian Athens Attica became Boeotia bore brother Cadmus called child claimed Corinth Creon Cretan Crete Cronus daughter death Delphi Demeter Diomedes Dionysus Elis eponym Euripides Eurystheus Eurytus father gave Giants goddess gods Greek Hades Helen Helius Hephaestus Hera Heracles Heraclids Hermes Hesiod Homer honor husband Hyginus Hyginus Fabulae Iliad Iolcus island Jason killed king land later Lycus married Medea Menelaüs Messenia Metamorphoses Minos mother Mount murder Mycenae myths Neoptolemus nymph Oceanus Odysseus Oedipus Oeneus oracle Orestes Ovid Pausanias Peleus Pelias Peloponnesus Pelops Perseus Poetica Astronomica Poseidon region returned river river-god Roman rule sailed seer sent ships sister snake sons Sparta story suitors Theban Thebes Theogony Theseus Thetis throne Titans took Trojan Trojan War Troy Tyndareüs wife women worshiped writers young Zeus Zeus's