CROWELL'S HANDBOOK OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY1970 |
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Page 171
... region around it was called Ephyraea . This land and Asopia , the adjoining region on the Gulf of Corinth , were given by Helius to his sons Aeëtes and Aloeüs , respectively . Aeëtes went to Colchis , leaving the rule of Ephyraea in the ...
... region around it was called Ephyraea . This land and Asopia , the adjoining region on the Gulf of Corinth , were given by Helius to his sons Aeëtes and Aloeüs , respectively . Aeëtes went to Colchis , leaving the rule of Ephyraea in the ...
Page 225
... region of Greece from the Ambracian Gulf to the area that is now southern Albania . This region , which extended far in- land , was regarded by the Greeks as somewhat barbaric . The southern part of Epeirus , called Thesprotia , was the ...
... region of Greece from the Ambracian Gulf to the area that is now southern Albania . This region , which extended far in- land , was regarded by the Greeks as somewhat barbaric . The southern part of Epeirus , called Thesprotia , was the ...
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... region that they invaded . Phthia . The principal city of Phthiotis , or Achaea , in southern Thessaly . Phthia was the adopted home of Peleus and the scene of many myths involv- ing that hero . Phthiotis . A part of southern Thessaly ...
... region that they invaded . Phthia . The principal city of Phthiotis , or Achaea , in southern Thessaly . Phthia was the adopted home of Peleus and the scene of many myths involv- ing that hero . Phthiotis . A part of southern Thessaly ...
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According Achilles Aeëtes Aegeus Aeneas Aeolus Agamemnon Alcmeon Amphitryon Aphrodite Apollo Apollodorus Apollonius Rhodius Arcadia Argive Argonauts Argos Artemis Athamas Athenian Athens Attica became Boeotia bore brother Cadmus called child claimed Corinth Creon Cretan Crete Cronus daughter death Delphi Demeter Diomedes Dionysus Elis eponym Erinyes Euripides Eurystheus Eurytus father gave Giants goddess gods Greek Hades Helen Helius Hephaestus Hera Heracles Heraclids Hermes Hesiod Homer honor husband Hyginus Hyginus Fabulae Iliad Iolcus island Jason killed king land later Lycus married Medea Menelaüs Messenia Metamorphoses Minos mother Mount murder Mycenae myths Neoptolemus nymph Oceanus Odysseus Oedipus Oeneus oracle Orestes Ovid Pausanias Peleus Pelias Peloponnesus Pelops Perseus Poetica Astronomica Poseidon region returned river river-god Roman rule sailed seer sent ships sister snake sons Sparta story suitors Theban Thebes Theogony Theseus Thetis throne Titans took Trojan Trojan War Troy Tyndareüs wife women worshiped writers young Zeus Zeus's