Greek MythologyThe author, in addition to narrating familiar and lesser-known stories, traces the development of particular myths from the most primitive times to the sophisticated civilization that formed the Golden Age of Greece. |
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Achilles Acropolis Aeolus Amazons Aphrodite Apollo appears Argos Artemis Athamas Athena Athenian Atreus Attic Bellerophon bride British Museum bronze brother bull Cadmus Calydonian Boar Centaurs chariot consort Corinth Crete Cronus cult Danaus death Delphi Demeter Dionysus divine earth exploit fate father fifth century figure fourth century genealogies Geryon giant goddess gods golden Gorgon Greece Greek mythology Hades head Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hermes heroes Hesiod Homeric horse identified Iliad immortal Jason killed king king's daughter legend magic married metopes Minos Minotaur monster mortal mother motif Museo Mycenae Mycenaean nymphs Odysseus Oedipus Orestes originally painter Peleus Pelias Pelops perhaps Persephone Perseus Phrixus Poseidon Proetus punished ritual sacred sacrifice seems sent shows shrine sister Sisyphus snake sons spear stone story succession myth suggests supplanter survived temple Theban Thebes Theseus Thetis Titans told took Trojan Troy twins Uranus wife winged Zeus