Classical Mythology
eBook - ePub

Classical Mythology

A dictionary of the tales, characters and traditions of Classical Mythology

  1. 478 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Classical Mythology

A dictionary of the tales, characters and traditions of Classical Mythology

About this book

For thousands of years the myths of Ancient Greece and Rome have fascinated people and inspired great writers, thinkers, artists and culture. This book explains myths and retells them in this comprehensive and useful tales, myths and characters in over 1000 cross-references.

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Information

Publisher
Waverley Books
Year
2015
eBook ISBN
9781910965085
Topic
History
Subtopic
Roman Ancient History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Introduction
  4. Theogony and Cosmogony
  5. The Pantheon
  6. Demigods and Heroes
  7. Phaëthon
  8. Perseus
  9. 2 Andromeda
  10. 3 The Minister of Doom
  11. Arachne
  12. Meleager and Atalanta
  13. 2 Atalanta’s Race
  14. Heracles
  15. 2 His Labours
  16. 3 His Death
  17. Alcestis
  18. Pygmalion and Galatea
  19. The Rape of Persephone
  20. Orpheus and Eurydice
  21. Midas
  22. Scylla
  23. Bellerophon
  24. Arion
  25. The Argonauts
  26. 2 The Voyage to Colchis
  27. 3 The Winning of the Fleece
  28. 4 Medea
  29. Pyramus and Thisbe
  30. Ion
  31. Theseus
  32. Philomela
  33. The Tragedies of Thebes
  34. 2 Niobe
  35. 3 Oedipus
  36. 4 The Seven against Thebes
  37. 5 Antigone
  38. 6 The Fatal Heirlooms
  39. Echo and Narcissus
  40. The Sacred Oak
  41. The Tale of Troy
  42. 1 Paris and Helen
  43. 2 The Gathering at Aulis
  44. 3 The Wrath of Achilles
  45. 4 The Battles of Gods and Heroes
  46. 5 Hector and Achilles
  47. 6 The Fall of Troy
  48. The House of Agamemnon
  49. 1 Clytemnestra
  50. 2 Orestes
  51. 3 Iphigenia
  52. The Adventures of Odysseus
  53. 2 From Circe’s Isle to Calypso’s
  54. 3 New Friends in Need
  55. 4 The Return to Ithaca
  56. 5 The Day of Doom
  57. 6 The End of the Odyssey
  58. Hero and Leander
  59. Cupid and Psyche
  60. 2 The Jealous Sisters
  61. 3 Penance and Pardon
  62. The Ring of Polycrates
  63. Croesus
  64. The Treasury of Rhampsinitus
  65. The Lover’s Leap
  66. Er Among the Dead
  67. Damon and Pythias
  68. Rhoecus
  69. Cephalus and Procris
  70. Tithonus
  71. Laodamia
  72. Arethusa
  73. Cupid’s Trick
  74. Dictionary of Classical Mythology
  75. List of Illustrations
  76. Endnotes
  77. Other Titles in this Series
  78. Copyright