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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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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, Mythology, greek

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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

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Europe, Greece, Rome, Troy, Italy, Athens, Thebes, Olympus

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Table of Contents

Foreword
Page vii
Introduction to Classical Mythology
Page 3
The Mythology of the Greeks
Page 4
The Greek and Roman Writers of Mythology
Page 15
Part One. The Gods, the Creation, and the Earliest Heroes
I. The Gods
Page 21
The Titans and the Twelve Great Olympians
Page 21
The Lesser Gods of Olympus
Page 38
The Gods of the Waters
Page 41
The Underworld
Page 42
The Lesser Gods of Earth
Page 44
The Roman Gods
Page 49
II. The Two Great Gods of Earth
Page 53
Demeter (Ceres)
Page 57
Dionysus or Bacchus
Page 64
III. How the World and Mankind Were Created
Page 77
IV. The Earliest Heroes
Page 95
Prometheus and Io
Page 95
Europa
Page 100
The Cyclops Polyphemus
Page 105
Flower-Myths: Narcissus, Hyacinth, Adonis
Page 111
Part Two. Stories of Love and Adventure
I. Cupid and Psyche
Page 121
II. Eight Brief Tales of Lovers
Page 135
Pyramus and Thisbe
Page 135
Orpheus and Eurydice
Page 138
Ceyx and Alcyone
Page 142
Pygmalion and Galatea
Page 145
Baucis and Philemon
Page 150
Endymion
Page 154
Daphne
Page 155
Alpheus and Arethusa
Page 157
III. The Quest of the Golden Fleece
Page 159
IV. Four Great Adventures
Page 180
Phaëthon
Page 180
Pegasus and Bellerophon
Page 184
Otus and Ephialtes
Page 190
Daedalus
Page 192
Part Three. The Great Heroes before the Trojan War
I. Perseus
Page 197
II. Theseus
Page 209
III. Hercules
Page 224
IV. Atalanta
Page 244
Part Four. The Heroes of the Trojan War
I. The Trojan War
Page 255
Prologue: The Judgment of Paris
Page 256
The Trojan War (continued)
Page 259
II. The Fall of Troy
Page 277
III. The Adventures of Odysseus
Page 291
IV. The Adventures of Aeneas
Page 319
Part I. From Troy to Italy
Page 320
Part II. The Descent into the Lower World
Page 328
Part III. The War in Italy
Page 335
Part Five. The Great Families of Mythology
I. The House of Atreus
Page 345
Tantalus and Niobe
Page 346
Agamemnon and His Children
Page 350
Iphigenia among the Taurians
Page 363
II. The Royal House of Thebes
Page 372
Cadmus and His Children
Page 372
Oedipus
Page 375
Antigone
Page 383
The Seven against Thebes
Page 388
III. The Royal House of Athens
Page 392
Cecrops
Page 393
Procne and Philomela
Page 394
Procris and Cephalus
Page 397
Orithyia and Boreas
Page 399
Creüsa and Ion
Page 400
Part Six. The Less Important Myths
I. Midas — and Others
Page 411
Midas
Page 411
Aesculapius
Page 413
The Danaïds
Page 415
Glaucus and Scylla
Page 417
Erysichthon
Page 418
Pomona and Vertumnus
Page 422
II. Brief Myths Arranged Alphabetically
Page 424
Part Seven. The Mythology of the Norsemen
Introduction to Norse Mythology
Page 443
I. The Stories of Signy and of Sigurd
Page 447
II. The Norse Gods
Page 454
The Creation
Page 460
The Norse Wisdom
Page 462
Geneological Tables
Page 467
Index
Page 475

Edition Notes

Published in
Boston, USA
Copyright Date
1942

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
290
Library of Congress
BL310 .H3, BL310 .H3 1942, J292 H

Contributors

Illustrator
Steele Savage

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xiv, 497 p.
Number of pages
497

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL6435213M
LCCN
42012948
OCLC/WorldCat
1089491358, 393007
LibraryThing
2296662
Goodreads
14061475

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL5262120W

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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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