The Library of Apollodorus: Gods and Heroes of the Greeks

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Genres mythologyclassicshistorynonfictiongreeceancientreferencereligionancient historyliterature

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,0200

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Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Published: September 17, 1976 by University of Massachusetts Press
ISBN: 9780870232060
ASIN: 0870232061
Language: English

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Ixion

In Greek mythology, Ixion (Greek: Ἰξίων) was the son the Phlegyas, descendent of Ares, and king of the Lapiths in Thessaly. He is chiefly known as the first human to shed kindred blood. Ixion invited his father-in-law, Deioneus, to come and collect the pr...

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apollodorus of athens

Greek: Απολλόδωρος
Apollodorus of Athens (Greek: Ἀπολλόδωρος ὁ Ἀθηναῖος, Apollodoros ho Athenaios; c. 180 BC – after 120 BC), son of Asclepiades, was a Greek scholar, historian, and grammarian. He was a pupil of Diogenes of Babylon, Panaetius the Stoic, and the grammarian Aristarchus of Samothrace, under whom he appears to have studied together with his contemporary Dionysius Thrax. He left (perhaps fled) Alexandria around 146 BC, most likely for Pergamon, and eventually settled in Athens.