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Mythology

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This is a collection of Greek and Roman myths from various classical sources arranged in sections on the gods and early heroes, love and adventure stories, heroes before and during the Trojan War, and lesser myths. It includes a brief section on Norse mythology.

Greek, Roman, and Norse myths come to life.

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Little, Brown, and Co.
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English
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482

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Subjects
Manuel, Mythologie, Mythologie classique, creation myths, Golden Fleece, Trojan War, reference, Mythology, Classical Mythology, Folklore, Greek Mythology, Norse Mythology, Roman Mythology, Študije, Mitologija, Norse legends, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, Mythology, juvenile literature, Mythology, classical, Classical mythology, Mythology, greek, Creation myths, Golden fleece, Trojan war, Reference, Greek mythology, Norse mythology, Roman mythology, Reading level-grade 11, Reading level-grade 12
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Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hades, Pallas Athena, Phoebus Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite, Hermes, Ares, Hephaestus, Earth, Heaven, Titans, Cronus, Prometheus, Dionysus, Demeter, Persephone, Eros, Furies, Fates, Odysseus, Hercules, Theseus, Jason, Perseus, Oedipus, Orestes, Paris, Helen, Hector, Aeneas, Agamemnon, Achilles, Pandora, Orpheus, Oracle at Delphi, Ariadne, Medea, Iphigenia, Medusa, Minotaur, Sphinx, Cyclopes, Polyphemus, Cerberus, Odin, Hela, Valkyries, Signy, Sigurd, Brynhild, Atreus, Cecrops, Procne, Procris, Orithyia, Creusa, Midas, Aesculapius, Danaids, Glaucus, Erysichthon, Pomona, Vertumnus, Scylla, Ion, Boreas, Cephalus, Philomela, Tantalus, Cadmus, Antigone, Niobe, Ceres, Bacchus, Io, Europa, Narcissus, Hyacinth, Adonis, Cupid, Psyche, Pyramus, Ceyx, Alcyone, Eurydice, Pygmalion, Endymion, Daphne, Alpheus, Phaethon, Pegasus, Otus, Daedalus, Atalanta, Ephialtes, Bellerophon, Arethusa, Baucis, Philemon, Galatea, Thisbe
Places
Europe, Greece, Rome, Troy, Italy, Athens, Thebes, Olympus

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Table of Contents

Introduction to classical mythology - The mythology of the Greeks - The Greek and Roman writers of mythology - The gods, the creation, and the earliest heroes - The gods - The Titans and the twelve great Olympians - The lesser gods of Olympus - The gods of the waters - The underworld - The lesser gods of earth - The Roman gods - The two great gods of earth - Demeter (Ceres) - Dionysus or Bacchus - How the world and mankind were created - The earliest heroes - Prometheus and Io - Europa - The Cyclops Polyphemus - Flower-myths : Narcissus, Hyancinth, Adonis - Stories of love and adventure - Cupid and Psyche - Eight brief tales of lovers - Pyramus and Thisbe - Orpheus and Eurydice - Ceyx and Alcyone - Pygmalion and Galatea - Baucis and Philemon - Endymion - Daphne - Alpheus and Arethusa - The Quest of the Golden Fleece - Four great adventures - Phaëthon - Pegasus and Bellerophon - Otus and Ephialtes - Daedalus - The great heroes before the Trojan War - Perseus - Theseus - Hercules - Atalanta - The heroes of the Trojan War - The Trojan War - Prologue : the judgment of Paris - The Trojan War - The Fall of Troy - The adventures of Odysseus - The adventures of Aeneas - Pt. 1, From Troy to Italy - Pt. 2, The descent into the Lower World - Pt. 3, The war in Italy - The great families of mythology - The House of Atreus - Tantalus and Niobe - Agamemnon and his children - Iphigenia among the Taurians - The Royal House of Thebes - Cadmus and his children - Oedipus - Antigone - The seven against Thebes - The Royal House of Athens - Cecrops - Procne and Philomela - Procris and Cephalus - Orithyia and Boreas - Creüsa and Ion - The less important myths - Midas
and others - Aesculapius - The Danaïds - Glaucus and Scylla - Erysichthon - Pomona and Vertumnus - Brief myths arranged alphabetically - The mythology of the Norsemen - Introduction to Norse mythology - The stories of Signy and Sigurd - The Norse gods - The creation - The Norse wisdom.

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Includes index.

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1040 Lexile.

Accelerated Reader AR Upper Grades 8.2 20.0 quiz: 8663

Reading Counts RC High School 8.30 27.0 quiz: 8220

Accelerated Reader UG 8.2 20 20 8663

Copyright Date
1969

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
j292.13, 292.1, 292.1/3

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Pagination
xii, 482 p.
Number of pages
482

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27144722M
ISBN 13
9780316223348
LCCN
2012953182
OCLC/WorldCat
826450883

Work Description

There has long been a need for the stories of ancient mythology written to appeal to the twentieth-century mind. Edith Hamilton's orderly and lucid presentation of Greek, Roman and Norse mythology promises the casual reader and the avid student a sound, modern and adult key to the foundation stones of world literature. Her years of study of classical literature have already produced notable books and the charm of her writing is well established by THE GREEK WAY and THE ROMAN WAY. She has not been content to be merely a reteller of tales. She has blended and organized the sometimes conflicting myths of the early storytellers, molding them with vivid clarity.

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Greek and Roman mythology is quite generally suposed to show us the way the human reace thought and felt untold ages ago.
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