Classical MythologyThe bestselling, comprehensive introduction to classical mythology features a dynamic combination of poetic narratives and enlightening commentary. It includes extensive translations of original mythological sources, including the complete Homeric Hymns and other works by Homer, Hesiod, Ovid, and a variety of Greek and Roman writers. New excerpts included in the Sixth Edition are from Sophocles' Oedipus the King the Illiad, the Odyssey, and Euripides' Bacchae. |
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... become psychoneurotics , have since our childhood succeeded in withdrawing our sexual impulses from our mothers , and in forgetting the jealousy of our fathers . . . . As the poet brings the guilt of Oedipus to light by his ...
... become psychoneurotics , have since our childhood succeeded in withdrawing our sexual impulses from our mothers , and in forgetting the jealousy of our fathers . . . . As the poet brings the guilt of Oedipus to light by his ...
Page 203
... become mature together ; thus , when their limbs united in their close embrace , they were no longer two but a single form that could not be called girl or boy and appeared at the same time neither one , but both . And so , when he saw ...
... become mature together ; thus , when their limbs united in their close embrace , they were no longer two but a single form that could not be called girl or boy and appeared at the same time neither one , but both . And so , when he saw ...
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... become more just . All other considerations he will ig- nore . For we have seen that this is the most crucial choice ... becomes most fortunate and blessed . Then indeed Er , the messenger from the afterlife , reported that the prophet ...
... become more just . All other considerations he will ig- nore . For we have seen that this is the most crucial choice ... becomes most fortunate and blessed . Then indeed Er , the messenger from the afterlife , reported that the prophet ...
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Achilles Aegisthus Aeneas Aeschylus Agamemnon ancient Aphrodite Apollo Argos Artemis Athena Athenian beautiful birth blood Cadmus called century Chapter chariot child classical mythology Clytemnestra Croesus Cronus cult daughter death deity Demeter Dionysus divine earth Electra Eleusis Euripides evil fate father gave gifts goddess gods golden Greece Greek Hades hair hands head heart heaven Helius Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hermes hero Hesiod Hippolytus holy Homeric Hymn honor horses human Iliad immortal Jupiter killed king land legend Leto live lyre Medea Metamorphoses mortals mother mountain Mycenaean mysteries myth nymphs Odysseus Oedipus Olympian Olympus oracle Orestes Orpheus Ovid Ovid's palace PENTHEUS Persephone Phaedra Phoebus play Poseidon Prometheus religion ritual river Roman Rome sacred saga ship sister Sophocles soul spoke story Tartarus tell temple Thebes Theseus Tiresias took Trojan Troy Underworld Uranus Vergil wife woman women words worship Zeus