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 vii
... turned to reference books only in search of clues to points that I might otherwise have missed . Sources include the epics of Homer , Vergil , and Apollonius Rhodius ; all of Greek tragic drama ; the poems of Hesiod ; the Homeric Hymns ...
... turned to reference books only in search of clues to points that I might otherwise have missed . Sources include the epics of Homer , Vergil , and Apollonius Rhodius ; all of Greek tragic drama ; the poems of Hesiod ; the Homeric Hymns ...
Page 192
... turning everything that they touched to food , a boon which led , however , to their destruction . Aeneas stopped at ... turned over the oracle directly to Apollo or that he took it by force . Some add that he exchanged the island of ...
... turning everything that they touched to food , a boon which led , however , to their destruction . Aeneas stopped at ... turned over the oracle directly to Apollo or that he took it by force . Some add that he exchanged the island of ...
Page 321
... turned the city over to Pelias ' son , Acastus , a fellow Argonaut , or was expelled by him . Later another Argonaut , Peleus , came to Iolcus . When he spurned the advances of Acastus ' wife , she accused him to her husband of trying ...
... turned the city over to Pelias ' son , Acastus , a fellow Argonaut , or was expelled by him . Later another Argonaut , Peleus , came to Iolcus . When he spurned the advances of Acastus ' wife , she accused him to her husband of trying ...
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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