| Edition |
First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition. |
| Description |
xx, 348 pages : genealogical tables ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [323]-336) and index. |
| Summary |
A professor of classics and visiting scholar at the Harvard Divinity school presents modern interpretations of traditional Greek and Roman myths that render classic themes accessible to a new generation of readers. |
| Contents |
Creation -- Gods. Zeus ; Poseidon ; Hades ; Apollo ; Hephaestus ; Ares ; Hermes ; Pan ; Helios ; Dionysus ; Cupid. -- Goddesses. Hera ; Demeter ; Artemis ; Aphrodite ; Hecate ; Hestia ; Athena ; Eos ; The Muses ; The Fates ; Cybele. -- Heroes. Perseus ; Theseus ; Daedalus and Icarus ; Bellerophon ; Melampus ; Atalanta ; Procne and Philomela. -- Lovers. Narcissus and Echo ; Pyramus and Thisbe ; Ceyx and Alcyone ; Glaucus and Scylla ; Hero and Leander ; Hypermnestra and Lynceus ; Baucis and Philemon ; Alpheus and Arethusa ; Pomona and Vertumnus ; Endymion and Selene ; Orpheus and Eurydice. -- Hercules -- Oedipus -- Argonauts -- Troy -- Mycenae -- Odysseus -- Aeneas. -- Rome. Romulus and Remus ; The Horatii brothers ; One-eyed Horatius ; Scaevola ; Cloelia ; Lucretia. -- Genealogies -- Greek and Roman gods. |
| Subject |
Mythology, Greek.
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Mythology, Roman.
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Mythology, Greek. (OCoLC)fst01031804
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Mythology, Roman. (OCoLC)fst01031887
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| ISBN |
9781451609974: $27.00 |
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1451609973 |
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