CROWELL'S HANDBOOK OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY1970 |
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Page 365
... gave two drops of the Gorgon's blood to Erichthonius , king of Athens ; one drop cured disease , the other was a deadly poison . The goddess also cut off a lock of Medusa's hair and gave it , concealed in an urn , to Heracles . He later ...
... gave two drops of the Gorgon's blood to Erichthonius , king of Athens ; one drop cured disease , the other was a deadly poison . The goddess also cut off a lock of Medusa's hair and gave it , concealed in an urn , to Heracles . He later ...
Page 491
... gave Cronus a foal in- stead . Cronus , who had occasionally taken the form of a horse himself , was not unduly surprised at this unconventional offspring and ate it without comment . Thus , Rhea saved Poseidon , as well as Zeus , from ...
... gave Cronus a foal in- stead . Cronus , who had occasionally taken the form of a horse himself , was not unduly surprised at this unconventional offspring and ate it without comment . Thus , Rhea saved Poseidon , as well as Zeus , from ...
Page 531
... gave riddling predictions in a manner similar to that of the Pythia at Delphi . Sibylla's utterances gained such a reputation that her name became a term for all prophetesses . The Roman writer Varro compiled a list of ten sibyls on ...
... gave riddling predictions in a manner similar to that of the Pythia at Delphi . Sibylla's utterances gained such a reputation that her name became a term for all prophetesses . The Roman writer Varro compiled a list of ten sibyls on ...
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