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dictionary of the tales, characters and traditions of Classical Mythology
Illustrations of paintings and sculptures inspired by myth . •A collection of myths, retold for the modern reader
For thousands of years the myths of Ancient Greece, so influential in the Classical world of Greece and Rome, have fascinated people and inspired great writers, artists and thinkers.
Classical Mythology includes many of these myths - some famous and some unusual - retold for the modern reader, and is illustrated with many of the beautiful paintings and statues based on these tales. The introductory material also provides essential information on the origin and development of Greek mythology.
This volume also includes a comprehensive and easy-to-use dictionary of Greek and Roman mythology, with over 1000 fully cross-referenced entries on the many tales, characters and traditions.
Searchable extract of contents:
Introduction
The Growth of Myths
16
Theogony and Cosmogony
26
The Pantheon
44
Demigods and Heroes
53
Phaëthon
9
Perseus
1 The Gorgon
57
2 Andromeda
61
3 The Minister of Doom
64
Arachne
66
Meleager and Atalanta
1 The Boar Hunt
68
2 Atalanta's Race
71
Heracles
1 His Youth
73
2 His Labours
75
3 His Death
82
Alcestis
86
Pygmalion and Galatea
88
The Rape of Persephone
90
Orpheus and Eurydice
94
Midas
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97
Scylla
100
Bellerophon
105
Arion
The Argonauts
107
I Jason's Youth
2 The Voyage to Colchis
111
1 Aphrodite's Rival
3 The Winning of the Fleece
114
Cupid and Psyche
2 The Jealous Sisters
261
263
118
3 Penance and Pardon
266
4 Medea
Pyramus and Thisbe
122
The Ring of Polycrates
Croesus
Jon
128
The Treasury of Rhampsinitus
275
Theseus
The Lover's Leap
277
Philomela
135
Er Among the Dead
281
The Tragedies of Thebes
Damon and Pythias
285
1 Cadmus
138
Rhoecus
290
2 Niobe
141
3 Oedipus
142
Cephalus and Procris
294
4 The Seven against Thebes
Tithonus
146
295
5 Antigone
149
Laodamia
298
6 The Fatal Heirlooms
152
Arethusa
304
Echo and Narcissus
155
Cupid's Trick
307
The Sacred Oak
158
Dictionary of Classical Mythology
309
The Tale of Troy
1 Paris and Helen
160
2 The Gathering at Aulis
164
3 The Wrath of Achilles
168
4 The Battles of Gods and Heroes
174
5 Hector and Achilles
186
6 The Fall of Troy
193
1 Clytemnestra
The House of Agamemnon
202
2 Orestes
205
3 Iphigenia
207
The Adventures of Odysseus
5 The Day of Doom
4 The Return to Ithaca
3 New Friends in Need
2 From Circe's Isle to Calypso's
His Perilous Voyage Homewards
The End of the Odyssey
Hero and Leander

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