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 27
... Aetolia were the Curetes , and they seem to have been at odds with the ruling house at Calydon , the principal city of the region , during most of Aetolian legendary history . Pleuron , the second city of Aetolia , may have re- mained a ...
... Aetolia were the Curetes , and they seem to have been at odds with the ruling house at Calydon , the principal city of the region , during most of Aetolian legendary history . Pleuron , the second city of Aetolia , may have re- mained a ...
Page 146
... Aetolian city of Calydon . Son of Aetolus and Pronoë , Calydon married Aeolia , who bore Epicasta and Protogeneia ... Aetolia down to the time of Oeneus , and perhaps beyond . The struggle between these conquerors and the natives whom ...
... Aetolian city of Calydon . Son of Aetolus and Pronoë , Calydon married Aeolia , who bore Epicasta and Protogeneia ... Aetolia down to the time of Oeneus , and perhaps beyond . The struggle between these conquerors and the natives whom ...
Page 215
... Aetolia . Aetolus ' son Pleuron married Dorus ' daughter , Xanthippe , and they had several children , including Agenor , grand- father of Oeneus . It is possible that , in one tradition , this Dorus was regarded as the eponym of the ...
... Aetolia . Aetolus ' son Pleuron married Dorus ' daughter , Xanthippe , and they had several children , including Agenor , grand- father of Oeneus . It is possible that , in one tradition , this Dorus was regarded as the eponym of the ...
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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