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 144
... Troy could not be taken without his aid . When the Greek fleet was assembled at Aulis to prepare for the voyage to Troy , and the leaders were sacrificing hecatombs to the gods beside a spring , a snake with a blood - red back glided ...
... Troy could not be taken without his aid . When the Greek fleet was assembled at Aulis to prepare for the voyage to Troy , and the leaders were sacrificing hecatombs to the gods beside a spring , a snake with a blood - red back glided ...
Page 266
... Troy solely for the purpose of provoking war . Herodotus tells an Egyptian version in which Paris stopped at Egypt on his way to Troy with Helen . Proteus , indignant at the abduction , which some of Paris ' sailors reported to him ...
... Troy solely for the purpose of provoking war . Herodotus tells an Egyptian version in which Paris stopped at Egypt on his way to Troy with Helen . Proteus , indignant at the abduction , which some of Paris ' sailors reported to him ...
Page 393
... Troy the Greeks learned from Helenus , the captured Trojan seer , that Troy was not fated to be taken unless three events occurred : the bones of Pe- lops must be brought to Troy ; and both Philoctetes , who owned the bow and arrows of ...
... Troy the Greeks learned from Helenus , the captured Trojan seer , that Troy was not fated to be taken unless three events occurred : the bones of Pe- lops must be brought to Troy ; and both Philoctetes , who owned the bow and arrows of ...
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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