Greek Legends and StoriesHis book provides a brief description of almost fifty classical and medieval Greek myths and legends, including the beginnings of the World and the coming of Man, and the stories of the Argonauts, Perseus, Oedipus, the Trojan War and the Odyssey amongst many others. Intended as an introduction to Greek mythology for younger readers, the stories are illustrated by scenes from Greek art."Amazon." |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Beginning of the World | 6 |
The Olympians | 9 |
The Coming of Man | 13 |
Hermes | 17 |
Demeter and Persephone | 20 |
The Birth of Apollo and Artemis | 24 |
The Story of Io | 30 |
Pygmalion and Galatea | 81 |
Philemon and Baucis | 83 |
The House of Cadmus | 85 |
Ino Daughter of Cadmus | 87 |
Dionysus | 89 |
Artemis and Actaeon | 93 |
The Story of Oedipus | 94 |
The Seven against Thebes | 97 |
Heracles | 33 |
The Argonauts and the Search for the Golden Fleece | 42 |
ΧΙ Orpheus and Eurydice | 47 |
The Contest of Poseidon and Athene | 50 |
Theseus of Attica | 52 |
Meleager of Calydon | 56 |
Atlantas Race | 59 |
Arachnes Web | 62 |
The Story of Perseus | 64 |
Eros and Psyche | 66 |
Bellerophon and Pegasus the Winged Horse | 71 |
The Faithless King of Troy | 73 |
The Halcyon Days | 75 |
Daedalus and the First Flight | 77 |
Echo and Narcissus | 79 |
The Revenge of Alcmaeon | 101 |
The Trojan War | 103 |
Aeneas | 112 |
Orestes | 114 |
The Odyssey | 117 |
XXXVII | 123 |
XL | 130 |
XLII | 136 |
XLIV | 145 |
XLVI | 154 |
XLVII | 160 |
XLVIII | 166 |
Glossary | 172 |
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