CROWELL'S HANDBOOK OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY1970 |
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Page 245
... Italy , won several boxing contests in the Olympic games . On returning to Italy and settling in the town of Temesa , he found that the in- habitants annually sacrificed a young woman to the Hero , the ghost of one of Odysseus ' sailors ...
... Italy , won several boxing contests in the Olympic games . On returning to Italy and settling in the town of Temesa , he found that the in- habitants annually sacrificed a young woman to the Hero , the ghost of one of Odysseus ' sailors ...
Page 441
... Italy . When AENEAS [ B ] visited the Un- derworld , he met Palinurus ' ghost and promised him a proper burial . He kept the promise . Capo Palinuro , on the western coast of southern Italy , bears the unfortunate sailor's name to this ...
... Italy . When AENEAS [ B ] visited the Un- derworld , he met Palinurus ' ghost and promised him a proper burial . He kept the promise . Capo Palinuro , on the western coast of southern Italy , bears the unfortunate sailor's name to this ...
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... Italy from Sparta . They appear to have been ancestors of the warlike Samnites , who defied the later Romans from the mountains of southern Italy . Sack of Troy , The , or The Sack of Ilium . See EPIC CYCLE . Sagitta ( The Arrow ) . A ...
... Italy from Sparta . They appear to have been ancestors of the warlike Samnites , who defied the later Romans from the mountains of southern Italy . Sack of Troy , The , or The Sack of Ilium . See EPIC CYCLE . Sagitta ( The Arrow ) . A ...
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