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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... is his portrayal in his Ion of Kreousa's pain and awe at the memory of the beautiful Apollo who raped her, and her abiding grief at the loss of the child she bore him (p. 234). On the male side of things, Homer's Odysseus is all.
... grief for all her lost children, she turned to her parents for help. On their advice she went to Crete, and there at Lyktos she gave birth to a son, Zeus (other sources speak of Mount Dikte or Mount Ida as his birthplace). Gaia hid him ...
... grief for him, and the Pleiades died in turn from mourning their half-sisters. Zeus out of pity immortalized them all in the night sky, and now the star cluster Hyades lies in the constellation Taurus, close to that of the Pleiades, a ...
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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 | |