Classical Myths in English LiteratureRinehart, 1952 - 444 páginas In dictionary format. Alphabetical. Many entries have only a definition. Longer entries include more thorough explanation of the topic in classical mythology, and examples of notable allusions in English literature. |
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... called himself a great blundering idiot , mar- veled at the virtue of his friend Admetus , and wondered what he could do to excuse his bad manners . The plan he hit upon was characteristic : it called for action and it required strength ...
... called himself a great blundering idiot , mar- veled at the virtue of his friend Admetus , and wondered what he could do to excuse his bad manners . The plan he hit upon was characteristic : it called for action and it required strength ...
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... called the Great Dionysia . These festivals , when they spread to Rome , were called Bac- chanalia , a name that survives today . Dionysus , or Bacchus , is well known in our time as the figure of a man crowned with ivy leaves and ...
... called the Great Dionysia . These festivals , when they spread to Rome , were called Bac- chanalia , a name that survives today . Dionysus , or Bacchus , is well known in our time as the figure of a man crowned with ivy leaves and ...
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... called a Petasus ; and his winged sandals , which are called Talaria . Hermes in his hat and sandals , and carrying his Caduceus , is a favorite symbol for transportation agencies and telegraph companies today . In English poetry he has ...
... called a Petasus ; and his winged sandals , which are called Talaria . Hermes in his hat and sandals , and carrying his Caduceus , is a favorite symbol for transportation agencies and telegraph companies today . In English poetry he has ...
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Greek Myth and the Poets an introduction | 1 |
The Myths | 13 |
Genealogical Tables | 80 |
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Términos y frases comunes
Achilles Admetus Aeneas Agamemnon Alcestis Aphrodite Apollo Arcadia ARGONAUTS Argos arrows Artemis Asclepius Athene ATREUS beauty became Bellerophon brother Cadmus called Centaurs chariot classical Clytemnestra Comus Copyright Cronus Daedalus daughter death Demeter describes Diomedes Dionysus EARTH GODDESSES English literature Eros Eurystheus Faerie Queene famous fate father fell in love Gaea gave giant girl golden Greece Greek Hades Helen Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hermes hero horse immortal island Jason killed king land later Leto lover married Menelaus Milton monster mortal mother Mount Muses myth Nymph Oceanus Odysseus Oedipus Olympian Olympus oracle Orestes Orion Orpheus Paradise Lost Peleus Persephone Perseus poem poetry poets Poseidon Prometheus Reprinted Rhea river Roman name ROME Romulus says SEA GODS sister Sisyphus song sons Spenser story suitors symbol T. S. Eliot Tartarus terrible THEBES Theseus Thetis Tiresias Titans TROJAN TROJAN WAR Troy W. H. Auden wife wind Zeus Zeus's