CROWELL'S HANDBOOK OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY1970 |
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... Cretan bull . A bull sacred to Poseidon . When MINOS [ A ] claimed the rule of Crete by divine right , he prayed to Poseidon for confirmation of this claim . The god sent a bull up from the sea , with orders that Minos sacrifice the ...
... Cretan bull . A bull sacred to Poseidon . When MINOS [ A ] claimed the rule of Crete by divine right , he prayed to Poseidon for confirmation of this claim . The god sent a bull up from the sea , with orders that Minos sacrifice the ...
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EDWARD TRIPP. CRONUS CRETHEUS her to Crete , where she bore three sons , Minos , Rhadamanthys , and Sarpedon . Zeus then married her to Asterius , who had succeeded his father Tectamus as king . Asterius , whose daughter Crete was the ...
EDWARD TRIPP. CRONUS CRETHEUS her to Crete , where she bore three sons , Minos , Rhadamanthys , and Sarpedon . Zeus then married her to Asterius , who had succeeded his father Tectamus as king . Asterius , whose daughter Crete was the ...
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... Crete . Tectamus , a son of Dorus , married a daughter of Cretheus and sailed for Crete with a force of Aeolians and Pelasgians . They colonized the island and Tectamus became king . He was succeeded by his son Asterius , foster father ...
... Crete . Tectamus , a son of Dorus , married a daughter of Cretheus and sailed for Crete with a force of Aeolians and Pelasgians . They colonized the island and Tectamus became king . He was succeeded by his son Asterius , foster father ...
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