Manual of Mythology: Greek and Roman, Norse, and Old German, Hindoo and Egyptian Mythology (Biblia.com)

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In this classic textbook, A.S. Murray, distinguished 19th century Scottish scholar and archeologist, provides a compelling summary of ancient mythologies and their key characters. Manual of Mythology gives a complete understanding of the ancient world and the stories that arose out of their cultures and beliefs. Murray describes in clear detail the major gods, goddesses, and stories of the Greek,...

even through hostile territory. These festivals were four in number: the Olympian, Pythian, Nemean, and Isthmian. The first-mentioned was held in honour of Zeus, on the plain of Olympia, in Elis. It occurred every fifth year, and the usual method of reckoning time was according to its re-occurrence, by Olympiads, as we say. The games with which it was celebrated consisted of running, wrestling, boxing, a combination of the two latter, horse-racing, either with chariots or only with riders. The prize

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