The Greek Myths, Volumes 1-2G. Braziller, 1959 - Juvenile Nonfiction A retelling of the Greek myths for a modern audience. Drawing on the entire canon of ancient literature, it weaves together the elements of various myths into a single harmonious narrative. It presents a comprehensive account of the gods and monsters, the heroic feats and appalling tragedies of ancient Greece. |
Contents
THE PELASGIAN CREATION MYTH | 27 |
THE HOMERIC AND ORPHIC CREATION MYTHS | 30 |
THE OLYMPIAN CREATION MYTH | 31 |
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Achilles Aeneid Agamemnon Ajax ancient Aphrodite Apollo Apollodorus Apollonius Rhodius Arcadian Argive Argonauts Argos Artemis Athene Athene's Athenian brother bull called chariot Cretan Crete Cronus cult daughter death Delphi Demeter Dictys Cretensis Diodorus Siculus Dionysus divine earth Electra Epitome Erinnyes Euripides Fabula father goddess gods golden Greece Greek Hellenic Hephaestus Hera Heracles Heracles's Hermes hero Herodotus Hesiod Homer honour horse Hyginus Iliad island Jason killed Libyan lion Lycophron married Medea Menelaus Metamorphoses Minos moon Moon-goddess mother Mount murder Mycenae myth mythographers nymph Odes Odysseus Olympian oracle Orestes Ovid palace Pausanias Peleus Pelops Pindar Plutarch Poseidon Priam priestess quoted reign ritual river sacred king sacrifice sacrificed sailed Scholiast Scholiast on Homer's seems sent serpent Servius on Virgil's shrine sons Sparta story Strabo tanist Tartarus temple Thebes Theseus throne tomb took Trojan Troy Tzetzes viii Virgil's Aeneid worshipped Zeus Zeus's