The Meridian Handbook of Classical MythologyNew American Library, 1974 - 631 pages The ultimate single-volume reference guide to Greek and Roman mythology An ideal resource for students, teachers, librarians, writers, and readers of great literature, the Meridian Handbookhas set the standard for over three decades as the classic guide to the myths of Greece and Rome. From Athena to Zeus, Abantes to Zninthe, the epic heroes and gods who inhabit the pantheon of great literature are covered in fascinating detail. Complete stories and short identifications of characters, events, place names, and constellations are included. For a fuller perspective of the mythological realm, there are maps of the classical world and genealogical charts of the great royal lines. Comprehensive and accessible, the Meridian Handbook is an indispensable aid to understanding and enjoying mythology. |
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Page 67
... Apollonius Rhodius . A Greek poet who wrote in Alexandria and Rhodes during the third century B.C. Apollonius is known only for his long poem Ar- gonautica , which tells in great detail the story of the voyage of the Argo . Apsyrtides ...
... Apollonius Rhodius . A Greek poet who wrote in Alexandria and Rhodes during the third century B.C. Apollonius is known only for his long poem Ar- gonautica , which tells in great detail the story of the voyage of the Argo . Apsyrtides ...
Page 84
... Argonautica , Apollonius Rhodius goes into some detail about how the goddess Hera went about achieving the purpose for which she had sent Jason to Colchis : to bring the sorceress Medea to Iolcus to destroy Pelias . Hera , together with ...
... Argonautica , Apollonius Rhodius goes into some detail about how the goddess Hera went about achieving the purpose for which she had sent Jason to Colchis : to bring the sorceress Medea to Iolcus to destroy Pelias . Hera , together with ...
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... Apollonius Rhodius [ 4.522-551 ] mentions that the Argonauts had stopped at some earlier time among these people - an episode that may have appeared in his earlier and much longer version of the Argonautica , now lost . This visit must ...
... Apollonius Rhodius [ 4.522-551 ] mentions that the Argonauts had stopped at some earlier time among these people - an episode that may have appeared in his earlier and much longer version of the Argonautica , now lost . This visit must ...
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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 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 Orchomenus 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