The Greek MythsThis is a book of tales of the ancient Greece. It introduces the most common Greek gods and heroes, which become the subject of many literature, plays, arts and movies throughout the centuries. There are many colourful pictures of great sculptures and paintings in the book, so one can learn the Greek mythology even more joyfully. |
Contents
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| 17 | |
The Creation and the Spread of Man | 39 |
Other Gods and Goddesses | 46 |
Short Stories | 62 |
Founding of Athens | 63 |
Ion Son of Apollo | 65 |
Chelone Becoming the Tortoise | 95 |
Nisus and Scylla | 96 |
Ceyx and Alcyone | 97 |
Galatea Acis and Polyphemus | 98 |
Heroes and the Adventures | 99 |
Heracles and His Labours | 103 |
Jason and the Argonauts | 117 |
Peleus Father of Achilles | 128 |
Punishment of Ixion | 66 |
Halia Rhode and the Heliadae | 67 |
Phaethon Son of Helios | 68 |
Sisyphus and his Eternal Punishment | 69 |
The Abduction of Europa | 70 |
Cadmus Founder of Thebes | 71 |
Phrixus and Helle | 73 |
Founding of Troy | 74 |
Amphion and Zethus the Twins of Thebes | 76 |
Aeacus the Renowned King of Aegina | 77 |
Arethusa and Alpheus the Well and the River | 78 |
Orion the Gigantic Hunter | 79 |
Melampus a Seer that Understood Animal Language | 80 |
Admetus the Man Whom Apollo Thanked | 81 |
Midas Touch | 82 |
Cephalus and Procris | 83 |
Daedalus the Skillful Craftsman | 85 |
Codrus Last King of Athens | 86 |
Pygmalion and Galatea | 87 |
Metamorphoses and Nature Myths | 88 |
Adonis | 89 |
Echo and Narcissus | 91 |
Clytie | 92 |
Hyacinth Lover of Apollo | 93 |
Arachne the Weaver | 94 |
Theseus and the Minotaur | 130 |
Orpheus to the Underworld | 136 |
Atalanta and the Race with Hippomenes | 138 |
Oedipus and the Seven against Thebes | 140 |
House of Atreus | 145 |
Tantalus and his Heinous Crime | 146 |
Pelops and the Charioteer Myrtilus | 148 |
Niobe a Mother Who Angered Leto | 150 |
Atreus and Thyestes Sons of Pelops | 151 |
Agamemnon and Menelaus Kings in the Trojan War | 152 |
Orestes and the End of the Family Curse | 153 |
Myths of Constellations | 156 |
Laelaps and the Teumessian Fox | 157 |
Arion and the Dolphin | 158 |
Bellerophon and Pegasus | 159 |
Castor and Pollux | 161 |
Cupbearer Ganymede | 163 |
The Crow to Fetch Water | 164 |
The Epics | 165 |
Odyssey | 186 |
Appendex | 195 |
Maps of Constellations | 198 |
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| 205 | |
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Common terms and phrases
Achaeans Achilles Admetus Adonis Aeacus Aegeus Aegisthus Agamemnon Ajax1 Aphrodite Apollo Argonauts Argos arrows Artemis asked Atalanta Athena Atreus battle beautiful became Bellerophon birth boar brother bull Cadmus centaurs Cephalus chariot Chiron constellation Crete Cronus daughter death Delphi Demeter Dionysus earth Eros Eurystheus father fell fight Gaia gave giant gift goddess gods golden Greece Greek Hades Hector Helen Helios Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hermes hero horse Hypnos Iolcus island Italy Jason killed king Labour later Leto Louvre Museum married Medea Melampus Menelaus Minos mortal mother Mount Mycenae named Neoptolemus night nymph Odysseus Oedipus Olympians Olympus oracle Orestes2 Orpheus palace Paris Patroclus Peleus Pelias Pelops Persephone Perseus Peter Paul Rubens Phrixus Pollux Poseidon Procris Prometheus Psyche punishment queen river sail sent ship sister sons Suitors Tantalus Tartarus Telamon Telephus temple Thebes Theseus Thetis throne Thyestes Titans told took Trojan Troy Tyndareus Underworld Uranus wife Zeus