Encyclopedia of Greco-Roman Mythology.pdf

Greco-Roman

Mythology

Mike Dixon-Kennedy

Santa Barbara, California

Denver, Colorado

Oxford, England

Encyclopedia of

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Dixon-Kennedy, Mike, 1958–

Encyclopedia of Greco-Roman mythology / Mike Dixon-Kennedy.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Mythology, Classical—Encyclopedias. I. Title.

BL715.D56 1998

292.1'3'03—dc21

98-40666

CIP

ISBN 1-57607-094-8 (hc)

ISBN 1-57607-129-4 (pbk)

04030201009998 10987654321

ABC-CLIO, Inc.

130 Cremona Drive, P.O. Box 1911

Santa Barbara, California 93116-1911

Typesetting by Letra Libre

This book is printed on acid-free paper I .

Manufactured in the United States of America.

For my father,

who first told me stories

from ancient Greece and Rome