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 168
... learned from an oracle that they could not take Athens if they did . Codrus , too , learned of this oracle and , disguising himself , picked a quar- rel with the invaders , so that they killed him . On discovering what they had done ...
... learned from an oracle that they could not take Athens if they did . Codrus , too , learned of this oracle and , disguising himself , picked a quar- rel with the invaders , so that they killed him . On discovering what they had done ...
Page 191
... learned that Heracles had taken Iole as a concubine . She spread the potion on a tunic and sent it to him , unaware that the Centaur's blood contained deadly Hydra venom . When she learned that it had caused her husband's death , she ...
... learned that Heracles had taken Iole as a concubine . She spread the potion on a tunic and sent it to him , unaware that the Centaur's blood contained deadly Hydra venom . When she learned that it had caused her husband's death , she ...
Page 358
... learned from an oracle that a plague which was troubling his city could be averted only if he annually sacrificed a girl from a noble fam- ily . He carried out this command , but found an excuse to exempt his own daughters from drawing ...
... learned from an oracle that a plague which was troubling his city could be averted only if he annually sacrificed a girl from a noble fam- ily . He carried out this command , but found an excuse to exempt his own daughters from drawing ...
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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