The Penguin Book of Classical MythsThe figures and events of classical myths underpin our culture and the constellations named after them fill the night sky. Whether it’s the raging Minotaur trapped in the Cretan labyrinth or the twelve labours of Hercules, Aphrodite’s birth from the waves or Zeus visiting Danae as a shower of gold, the mythology of Greece and Rome is full of unforgettable stories. All the stories of the Greek tragedies – Oedipus, Medea, Antigone – are there; all the events of the Trojan wars and of Odysseus and Aeneas’ epic journeys; the founding of Athens and of Rome... |
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... Hephaistos split Zeus's head with an axe and out leapt Athene, fully armed. Next Zeus married the Titan Themis, who, as we have seen, bore the Fates and the Horai (Seasons). Then Eurynome, a daughter of Ocean, bore him the Graces ...
... Hephaistos was said by some to be their fourth child, and by others (including Hesiod) to have been born of Hera alone. Hera from now on would be Zeus's permanent consort and the queen of Olympos. This did not, of course, stop him from ...
... Hephaistos was such a poor physical specimen. So she prayed for a son stronger than Zeus, and Typhon was born to her. In Hesiod's more usual version, Typhon was the offspring of Gaia and Tartaros. He had on his shoulders a hundred ...
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Contents
The Gods | |
The First Humans | |
The Quest for the Golden Fleece | |
Theseus Athens and Crete | |
The Theban Saga | |
The Trojan | |
Odysseus and His Odyssey | |
The House of Pelops | |
Dangerous Women | |
Aeneas and the Destiny of Rome | |
The Foundation of Rome | |