Classical MythComprehensive and scholarly, this well-designed text presents Greek and Roman myths in a lively and easy-to-read manner. The material has been rearranged to make it easier to find and the new edition has been streamlined. It features fresh translations, numerous illustrations (ancient and modern) of classical myths and legends, and commentary that emphasizes the anthropological, historical, religious, sociological, and economic contexts in which the myths were told. It also provides a cultural context so that readers can see how mythology has influenced the world and how it continues to influence society today. |
Contents
The Nature of Myth | 1 |
PART III | 8 |
The Cultural Context of Classical Myth | 17 |
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Achilles Aeneas Aeschylus Agamemnon ancient Aphrodite Apollo appears Artemis Athenian Athens beautiful birth blood Bronze Age brother Cadmus called century BC Chapter child classical myth Classical Period Crete Cronus cult culture Cybelę dark daughter dead death Delphi Demeter Dionysus divine earth Euripides eyes father female folktale Gaea gave Gilgamesh goddess gods golden Greece Greek myth Hades hand head heart heaven Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hermes hero Hesiod Homeric Hymn honor human Iliad important Inanna Indo-European island killed king land legend Leto lived male Mesopotamian mighty modern monster mortal mother mountain Museum Mycenae Mycenaean mythical never nymphs Odysseus Oedipus Olympus oracle origin Osiris Ovid palace Pentheus Persephonę Perseus Perspective Figure poem poet Poseidon Prometheus race Roman Rome sexual spirit story tell temple Thebes Theogony Theseus Tiamat Titans tradition tragedy Trojan Troy Typhoeus underworld Uranus wife woman women word Zeus Zeus's