CROWELL'S HANDBOOK OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY1970 |
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Page 121
... Poseidon , the patron god of the island , became Cleito's lover and she bore five pairs of twin sons . Poseidon divided the island and its people among these sons , making Atlas , the eldest , high king . Atlas lived in a palace on an ...
... Poseidon , the patron god of the island , became Cleito's lover and she bore five pairs of twin sons . Poseidon divided the island and its people among these sons , making Atlas , the eldest , high king . Atlas lived in a palace on an ...
Page 491
... Poseidon or Poseidaon . A god of the sea , of earthquakes , and of horses . A. Poseidon , whom the Romans identified with their god Neptune , was borne by Rhea to her husband , Cronus . According to an Arcadian legend , Rhea , knowing ...
... Poseidon or Poseidaon . A god of the sea , of earthquakes , and of horses . A. Poseidon , whom the Romans identified with their god Neptune , was borne by Rhea to her husband , Cronus . According to an Arcadian legend , Rhea , knowing ...
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... Poseidon was also a god of horses . In Vergil's fancy , he brought forth the first horse from rock in the same manner that he created springs , with a blow of his trident . When Demeter was wandering through Arcadia in search of her ...
... Poseidon was also a god of horses . In Vergil's fancy , he brought forth the first horse from rock in the same manner that he created springs , with a blow of his trident . When Demeter was wandering through Arcadia in search of her ...
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