Classical MythFor courses in Classical Mythology in Classics, English, or other departments.Comprehensive and scholarly, this well-designed and class-tested text presents Greek and Roman myths in a lively and easy-to-read manner. 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. |
Contents
The Nature of Myth | 1 |
THE STUDY OF MYTH | 10 |
GREEK HISTORY | 18 |
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Achilles Aeneas Agamemnon ancient Aphrodite Apollo Artemis Athenian Athens beautiful birth blood body born Bronze Age brother Cadmus called Chapter child classical Crete Cronus cult culture dark daughter dead death Delphi Demeter Dionysus divine earth Euripides eyes fate father female folktale Gaea gave ghost Gilgamesh girl goddess gods golden Greece Greek myth Hades hand head heart heaven Helius Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hermes hero Hesiod Homeric Hymn honor human Iliad immortals Inanna island killed king Kumarbi land legend Leto lived male Mesopotamian mighty Minos monster mortal mother mountain mythical never nymphs Odysseus Oedipus Olympus oracle origin Osiris Ovid palace Pentheus Persephonę Perseus poem poet Poseidon Prometheus race river Roman Rome sexual sixth century B.C. spirit story Sumerian tell temple Thebes Theseus Tiamat Titans told traditional tragedy Trojan Troy Typhoeus underworld Uranus Vergil wife woman women word Zeus Zeus's