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Apollo fell in love with Marpessa , daughter of the river - god Evenus , but Idas
carried her off . Apollo followed him to Messene and would have taken the girl by
force , but Zeus intervened and allowed Marpessa to make her own choice of a ...
Apollo fell in love with Marpessa , daughter of the river - god Evenus , but Idas
carried her off . Apollo followed him to Messene and would have taken the girl by
force , but Zeus intervened and allowed Marpessa to make her own choice of a ...
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Helle lost her hold as they crossed the strait between Europe and Asia and fell
into the waters . The strait was thereafter named Hellespont- " Sea of Helle . "
According to Hyginus ( Poetica Astronomica 2.20 ) , Helle did not die . Poseidon
lay ...
Helle lost her hold as they crossed the strait between Europe and Asia and fell
into the waters . The strait was thereafter named Hellespont- " Sea of Helle . "
According to Hyginus ( Poetica Astronomica 2.20 ) , Helle did not die . Poseidon
lay ...
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The youth's flaming body fell into the legendary Eridanus river . Phaėthon's
sisters , the Heliades , who had ... changed into poplars . Thereafter , their tears
fell as drops of precious amber onto the sands of the Eridanus . The musician
Cycnus ...
The youth's flaming body fell into the legendary Eridanus river . Phaėthon's
sisters , the Heliades , who had ... changed into poplars . Thereafter , their tears
fell as drops of precious amber onto the sands of the Eridanus . The musician
Cycnus ...
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| Title | CROWELL'S HANDBOOK OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY |
| Author | EDWARD TRIPP |
| Published | 1970 |
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