Classical Myths in English LiteratureIn 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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Page 22
... chariot drawn by wild beasts . Admetus , who was no animal trainer , despaired of success , but Apollo solved the problem for him by hitching a well - behaved lion and a tractable boar to his chariot . Admetus married Alcestis and they ...
... chariot drawn by wild beasts . Admetus , who was no animal trainer , despaired of success , but Apollo solved the problem for him by hitching a well - behaved lion and a tractable boar to his chariot . Admetus married Alcestis and they ...
Page 88
... chariot . Pelops won the race , and Oenomaus was killed in the wreck of his chariot . But when Myrtilus claimed his reward , Pelops was moved by his father's violent temper , and he threw Myrtilus in the ocean , where he drowned ...
... chariot . Pelops won the race , and Oenomaus was killed in the wreck of his chariot . But when Myrtilus claimed his reward , Pelops was moved by his father's violent temper , and he threw Myrtilus in the ocean , where he drowned ...
Page 144
... chariot starts toward Olympus , a girl , Skiageneia , the daughter of Persephone and Hades , leaves the chariot and joins the boy . They wander about together with the girl delighting in the life of the earth . Finally her lovely song ...
... chariot starts toward Olympus , a girl , Skiageneia , the daughter of Persephone and Hades , leaves the chariot and joins the boy . They wander about together with the girl delighting in the life of the earth . Finally her lovely song ...
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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