The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Mythology: An A - Z Guide to the Myths and Legends of the Ancient WorldHermes House, 1999 - 512 pages "The myths and legends of the ancient worlds, from Greece, Rome and Egypt to the Norse and Celtic lands, through Persia and India to China and the Far East. A comprehensive A to Z of the classic stories of gods and goddesses, heroes and mythical beasts, wizards and warriors"--Page 1 of cover. |
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... son of the great Greek hero ACHILLES . Neoptolemus had shown the same AMULIUS ( left ) casts out his nephews , Romulus and Remus , the twin sons of Rhea Silvia and the war god Mars , ordering that they be drowned in the river Tiber ...
... son of the great Greek hero ACHILLES . Neoptolemus had shown the same AMULIUS ( left ) casts out his nephews , Romulus and Remus , the twin sons of Rhea Silvia and the war god Mars , ordering that they be drowned in the river Tiber ...
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... sons , Calais and Zetes , who were known as the Boreades . At birth these boys were entirely human in appearance , but later they sprouted golden wings from their shoulders . They were killed by the great hero HERACLES . Boreas was ...
... sons , Calais and Zetes , who were known as the Boreades . At birth these boys were entirely human in appearance , but later they sprouted golden wings from their shoulders . They were killed by the great hero HERACLES . Boreas was ...
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... sons , for no Trojan lifted a hand to help when two great sea - serpents suddenly arrived and crushed them to death . There was no agreement , how- ever , among the Greeks or the Romans about why Laocoon and his sons were killed by the ...
... sons , for no Trojan lifted a hand to help when two great sea - serpents suddenly arrived and crushed them to death . There was no agreement , how- ever , among the Greeks or the Romans about why Laocoon and his sons were killed by the ...
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