Children of the Gods: The Complete Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece

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Longman, 1983 - Social Science - 290 pages
A new version of the myths and legends of ancient Greece which is both a compelling narrative, a straight and vivid retelling of myths and legends central to the history of western culture, and an invaluable reference book.

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Contents

THE COMING OF THE GODS
1
RULERS OF OLYMPOS
11
THE LAST REVOLTS AGAINST THE GODS
25
Copyright

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Achilles Agamemnon Aias Aietes Aigeus Akrisios Aphrodite Apollo Argo Argonauts arrows Artemis Athamas Athene baby began Bellerophon brother bull cattle cave century B.C. chariot child Constellation Corinth Crete Danaos daughter dead death Delphi Delphic oracle Demeter Diomedes Dionysos earth Eteokles Eurystheus father fell fight gave goddess gods golden fleece Greece Greek grew ground Hades Helen Hephaistos Hera Herakles Hermes heroes honour horse immortal Iolaos Iolkos island Ithaka Jason Kadmos killed King kingdom Klytemnestra Kreon Kronos Laios later lived married Medea Melampous Menelaos Minos mortal mother Mount murder Mycenae myth night Odysseus Oedipus Olympos once Orestes Orpheus palace Pegasos Peleus Pelias Pelops Persephone Perseus Philoktetes Phrixos Polydeukes Polyneikes Poseidon prince Prometheus punished queen refused river rocks sailed sent ship Sisyphos snakes snatched sons stone story temple Thebans Thebes Theseus Thetis threw throne thunderbolt Thyestes Titans told took Trojan Troy Underworld Zeus

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About the author (1983)

Kenneth McLeish was born in Glasgow, Scotland on October 10, 1940. He studied music and the classics at Worcester College, Oxford University. Before becoming a full-time author and translator in 1975, he worked as a teacher. He wrote and edited literary guides and cultural companions. His works included Theatre of Aristophanes, Penguin Companion to the Arts in the Twentieth Century, Bloomsbury Guide to Human Thought, Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide, Myth, Guide to Greek Drama, and The Pocket Guide to Shakespeare. He also wrote Listeners' Guide to Classical Music with his wife. He translated all 47 of the surviving classical Greek plays as well as individual plays by other playwrights. He also wrote a number of original plays and filmscripts including Orpheus and Vice at the Vicarage and adapted The Oresteia with Frederic Raphael for a BBC Television production entitled The Serpent's Tongue. He died on November 28, 1997 at the age of 57.

Bibliographic information

TitleChildren of the Gods: The Complete Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece
AuthorKenneth McLeish
Illustrated byElisabeth Frink
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherLongman, 1983
Original fromthe University of Virginia
DigitizedJun 26, 2008
ISBN0582391156, 9780582391154
Length290 pages
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Social Science / Folklore & Mythology
  
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