The Greek Myths, Volume 1Combines in a single volume the complete text of the definitive two-volume classic, citing all the ancient myths. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | |
THE PELASGIAN CREATION MYTH | |
THE HOMERIC AND ORPHIC CREATION MYTHS | |
THE OLYMPIAN CREATION MYTH | |
TWO PHILOSOPHICAL CREATION MYTHS | |
THE FIVE AGES OF | |
THE CASTRATION OF URANUS | |
THE BIRTH OF EROS | |
POSEIDONS NATURE AND DEEDS | |
HERMESS NATURE AND DEEDS | |
APHRODITES NATURE AND DEEDS | |
ARESS NATURE AND DEEDS | |
HESTIAS NATURE AND DEEDS | |
APOLLOS NATURE AND DEEDS | |
ARTEMISS NATURE AND DEEDS | |
THE DETHRONEMENT OF CRONUS | |
THE BIRTH OF ATHENE | |
ZEUS AND METIS | |
THE FATES | |
THE BIRTH OF APHRODITE | |
HERA AND HER CHILDREN | |
ZEUS AND HERA | |
BIRTHS OF HERMES APOLLO ARTEMIS AND DIONYSUS | |
HEPHAESTUSS NATURE AND DEEDS | |
DEMETERS NATURE AND DEEDS | |
ATHENES NATURE AND DEEDS | |
PANS NATURE AND DEEDS | |
DIONYSUSS NATURE AND DEEDS | |
ORPHEUS | |
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Aeolian Aeolus ancient Aphrodite Apollo Apollodorus Apollonius Rhodius Arcadia Argos Ariadne Artemis Asclepius Athene's Athenian Athens Attica became bore bull called Centaurs chariot Cnossus Corinth Cretan Crete Cronus cult Daedalus daughter death Delphi Demeter Diodorus Siculus Dionysus Dioscuri divine Erechtheus Euripides Fabula father festival Glaucus goddess gods golden Greece Greek Hades Helius Hellenic Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hermes hero Herodotus Hesiod Hippolytus Homer honour Hyginus Hymn icon Iliad island killed Libyan married Metamorphoses Minos moon Moon-goddess Mother Earth Mount murder myth mythographers nymph Odyssey Olympian Olympus oracle oracular Ovid palace Pausanias Pelasgian Peleus Persephone Perseus Pindar Plutarch Poetic Astronomy Poseidon pre-Hellenic priestesses quoted reign ritual river sacred king sacrifice Scholiast seems serpent Servius on Virgil's shrine Sisyphus sons Spartans spring story Strabo tanist Tartarus temple Theogony Theseus Theseus's Thetis throne Titans took Troezen twins Tzetzes viii wild worshipped Zeus Zeus's