CROWELL'S HANDBOOK OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY1970 |
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... 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 ...
... 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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... fell into the waters . The strait was thereafter named Hellespont- " Sea of Helle . " According to Hyginus [ Poetica Astronom- ica 2.20 ] , Helle did not die . Poseidon lay with her and she gave birth to either Pacon or Edonus . Hellen ...
... fell into the waters . The strait was thereafter named Hellespont- " Sea of Helle . " According to Hyginus [ Poetica Astronom- ica 2.20 ] , Helle did not die . Poseidon lay with her and she gave birth to either Pacon or Edonus . Hellen ...
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... fell into the legendary Eridanus river . Phaethon's sis- ters , the Heliades , who had yoked the sun's horses to the chariot , stood on the banks of the river and wept ceaselessly for their brother until they were changed into poplars ...
... fell into the legendary Eridanus river . Phaethon's sis- ters , the Heliades , who had yoked the sun's horses to the chariot , stood on the banks of the river and wept ceaselessly for their brother until they were changed into poplars ...
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