A Handbook of Greek MythologyIn this new and substantially revised edition of H. J. Rose's classic survey and analysis of the evolution and tradition of Greek myth, Robin Hard adds various features which bring the work up-to-date with contemporary scholarship and address the needs of students. * a new preface analysing and contextualising H. J. Rose's attitude to myth * a new chapter devoted to the epic and other poetic sources of the myths, narrative prose mythography and the various forms of rationalisation * a new chapter examining the relationship between the different myths of Gods and heroes, with genealogical tables. Robin Hard shows how the myths of individual families and distinct locations hold together to form a coherent pseudo-historical pattern * extensively revises and simplifies notes * a new annotated bibliography. A Handbook of Greek Mythology presents a invaluable and user-friendly guide to the myths and legends of ancient Greece - their genesis, sources, development and significance. |
Contents
Section 1 | |
Section 2 | |
Section 3 | |
Section 4 | |
Section 5 | |
Section 6 | |
Section 7 | |
Section 8 | |
Section 12 | |
Section 13 | |
Section 14 | |
Section 15 | |
Section 16 | |
Section 17 | |
Section 18 | |
Section 19 | |
Section 9 | |
Section 10 | |
Section 11 | |
Section 20 | |
Section 21 | |
Other editions - View all
A Handbook of Greek Mythology: Including Its Extension to Rome Herbert Jennings Rose No preview available - 1964 |
Common terms and phrases
according Achilles adventures Aeneas Aeschylus already ancient andthe Aphrodite Apoll Apollod Apollodoros appears Argos Arkadia Artemis asthe Athena authorities bestknown brother bythe called Chapter connexion Cretan cult daughter death deities Delphoi Demeter Diomedes Dionysos divine earth Eileithyia Erinyes Eurip Euripides famous Farnell father foll frag fromthe goddess gods Greece Greek Hades Hephaistos Hera Herakles Hermes hero Hesiod hewas Homer Hyginus hymn ibid Iliad inthe itis Kadmos killed king Kreon Kronos later legend Lykophron married mentioned Metam Minos mother myth mythology nymph Odysseus ofher ofhis ofthe oneof onthe originally Ovid passages Paus Pausanias Persephone Pherekydes Phrixos Pindar Plut poets Poseidon PrellerRobert probably Prometheus Rhod Roman Roscher saga says schol scholiast sonof Sophokles story supposed tale thatthe Thebes thegods Theog Theseus thestory tobe tohave told tothe tradition Troy variants Vergil wasa wehave wife Wissowa withthe worshipped Zeus