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 124
... told to bring Thyestes back to Mycenae . Searching for him , Atreus came to King Thespro- tus . He saw the lovely Pelopia , who had returned to Thesprotia , and , thinking that she was the king's daughter , asked for her hand ...
... told to bring Thyestes back to Mycenae . Searching for him , Atreus came to King Thespro- tus . He saw the lovely Pelopia , who had returned to Thesprotia , and , thinking that she was the king's daughter , asked for her hand ...
Page 132
... told at length by Herodotus [ 4.150-167 ] and some of it , particularly of the later generations , is largely historical . Pindar addressed his fourth and fifth Pythian odes to Arcesilaüs IV , the last Cyrenaean king of Battus ' line ...
... told at length by Herodotus [ 4.150-167 ] and some of it , particularly of the later generations , is largely historical . Pindar addressed his fourth and fifth Pythian odes to Arcesilaüs IV , the last Cyrenaean king of Battus ' line ...
Page 486
... told him that his city was burned , his father murdered , and his mother a slave . Hurrying home to Thrace he found his supposed fam- ily as he had left them . When he asked Ilione why the oracle had lied she told him the whole story ...
... told him that his city was burned , his father murdered , and his mother a slave . Hurrying home to Thrace he found his supposed fam- ily as he had left them . When he asked Ilione why the oracle had lied she told him the whole story ...
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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