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 155
... wife , who , having been seduced by Pteleon , fled to Crete . There she was seduced by King Minos and , fearing his wife's anger more than her own husband's , hastened home . Two gifts that Minos had given her helped to bring about a ...
... wife , who , having been seduced by Pteleon , fled to Crete . There she was seduced by King Minos and , fearing his wife's anger more than her own husband's , hastened home . Two gifts that Minos had given her helped to bring about a ...
Page 174
... wife , Eurydice ( or Eniocha ) , hanged herself from grief . An Athenian army under Theseus forced Creon to allow the burial of the Argives . When Amphitryon was banished from Argos , Creon and his wife wel- comed him and his wife ...
... wife , Eurydice ( or Eniocha ) , hanged herself from grief . An Athenian army under Theseus forced Creon to allow the burial of the Argives . When Amphitryon was banished from Argos , Creon and his wife wel- comed him and his wife ...
Page 372
... wife and take her back to Sparta . In both versions , Menelaüs , unlike his brother Agamemnon , was able to reassume the rule of his homeland with no opposition . At his death he and his wife achieved immortality in the Islands of the ...
... wife and take her back to Sparta . In both versions , Menelaüs , unlike his brother Agamemnon , was able to reassume the rule of his homeland with no opposition . At his death he and his wife achieved immortality in the Islands of the ...
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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
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Meridian Handbook of Classical Mythology A Meridian book |
| Author | Edward Tripp |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | New American Library, 1974 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 30 Jun 2011 |
| ISBN | 0452009278, 9780452009271 |
| Length | 631 pages |
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