The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology
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The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology

  1. 632 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology

About this book

Now in its eighth edition, this magisterial work offers a comprehensive survey of the stories of Greek myth, from the Olympian gods, through the lesser gods and deities, to the heroes, adventures, and foundation myths of the ancient Greek world.

The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology sets out to provide a comprehensive history of the divine order and mythical prehistory of Greece, as systematized on a genealogical basis by Hesiod and the ancient mythographers, while also taking into account the ways in which individual myths have changed and evolved over time in different genres of literature. This new edition has been extensively rewritten and reorganized to make it more accessible to readers who may have no particular knowledge of the ancient world and Greek mythology, and to ensure that information on each myth or mythical figure is easy to find within the book.

This new edition of the handbook continues to offer an essential reference resource for all students of Greek mythology, and it provides an accessible and comprehensive overview of these stories for anyone with an interest in the classical world.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2019
eBook ISBN
9781317228066
Edition
8
Topic
History
Subtopic
Ancient History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of figures
  8. Preface
  9. Abbreviations
  10. 1 Sources for Greek myth
  11. 2 First beginnings and the Age of the Titans
  12. 3 The three great divine families
  13. 4 The rise of Zeus and revolts against his rule
  14. 5 Hades, Demeter, and the mythology of the Underworld
  15. 6 Hera, Hestia, and Poseidon
  16. 7 Apollo, Artemis, and Athena
  17. 8 Dionysos, Hermes, Hephaistos, and Aphrodite
  18. 9 Lesser Deities and Nature-Spirits
  19. 10 The early mythical history of Argos
  20. 11 The life of Heracles
  21. 12 The return of the Heraclids
  22. 13 Minos, Theseus and the myths of Crete
  23. 14 The kings of Athens
  24. 15 Theban mythology from Cadmos to Oedipus
  25. 16 The Theban Wars
  26. 17 The family of Deucalion and the hunt for the Calydonian boar
  27. 18 Jason and the Argonauts
  28. 19 The early Pelopids and the family of Achilles and Ajax
  29. 20 The royal families of Troy and Sparta, and the origin of the Trojan War
  30. 21 The Trojan War
  31. 22 The return journeys of the Greek heroes
  32. 23 Aeneas, Romulus, and the origins of Rome
  33. 24 Legends of Arcadia and final miscellany
  34. Bibliographical note
  35. Genealogical tables
  36. General index
  37. The Great Olympian Gods