Classical Gods and Heroes,9780688052799

Classical Gods and Heroes

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ISBN13: 9780688052799
ISBN10: 0688052797
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Pub. Date: 2010-03-12
Publisher(s): HarperCollins Publications
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Summary

All the wonder, terror and delight of Greek mythology springs forth from the pages of this unique and much-needed anthology. Rhonda Hendricks has not only selected from the works of the ancient authors the best -- and often earliest -- versions of these tales; she has also arranged them so as to give a cumulative view of classical mythology beginning with The Creation and The Birth of Zeus. Of particular interest are: The Ages of Mankind, The Birth of Athena, Oedipus the King, Heracles, Theseus, Jason and Medea, The Judgement of Paris, The Trojan Horse, Pygmalion, and Cupid and Psyche. These texts offer a new perspective on classical mythology and, by so doing, cast a new light on this cornerstone of Western culture.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(9)
The Major Deities (chart)
10(284)
The Creation
From Hesiod, Theogony
11(3)
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
14(2)
The Birth of Zeus
From Hesiod, Theogony
16(3)
Zeus and the Titans
From Hesiod, Theogony
19(5)
Pandora
From Hesiod, Works and Days
24(2)
The Ages of Mankind
From Hesiod, Works and Days
26(2)
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
28(3)
The Council of the Gods
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
31(2)
The Flood
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
33(2)
Deucalion and Pyrrha
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
35(3)
The Birth of Athena
From Hesiod, Theogony
38(2)
The Muses
From Hesiod, Theogony
40(2)
Demeter
From Homeric Hymns
42(9)
Atlas
From Hesiod, Theogony; Astronomy
51(1)
Daphne and Apollo
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
52(4)
Io
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
56(4)
Phaethon
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
60(7)
Europa
From Moschus, Bucolica
67(2)
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
69(2)
Arachne
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
71(4)
Tantalus
From Pindar, Olympian Odes
75(2)
Niobe
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
77(4)
Dionysus
From Homeric Hymns
81(3)
Hermes and Apollo
From Homeric Hymns
84(7)
Pan
From Homeric Hymns
91(2)
Echo and Narcissus
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
93(4)
Perseus and Andromeda
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
97(3)
Bellerophon and Pegasus
From Pindar, Olympian Odes
100(2)
Daedalus
From Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica
102(3)
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
105(2)
Oedipus and Sphinx
From Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica
107(2)
Oedipus the King
From Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus
109(44)
The Building of the Walls of Troy
From Pindar, Olympian Odes
153(1)
The Infant Heracles
From Pindar, Nemean Odes
154(2)
The Labors of Heracles
From Apollodorus, Bibliotheca
156(10)
Heracles
From Homeric Hymns
166(1)
From Hesiod, Theogony
167(1)
Theseus
From Apollodorus, Bibliotheca; Epitome
168(5)
The Marriage of Peleus and Thetis
From Catullus, Poems
173(7)
Ixion
From Pindar, Pythian Odes
180(1)
The Argonauts
From Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica
181(10)
Jason and Medea
From Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica
191(9)
Atalanta
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
200(5)
Orpheus
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
205(4)
Midas
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
209(3)
Philemon and Baucis
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
212(3)
The Judgment of Paris
From Apollodorus, Epitome; Bibliotheca
215(2)
Hector and Achilles
From Homer, Iliad
217(16)
The Trojan Horse
From Vergil, Aeneid
233(5)
The Cyclopes
From Homer, Odyssey
238(7)
Circe
From Homer, Odyssey
245(6)
The Sirens and Scylla and Charybdis
From Homer, Odyssey
251(6)
Aeneas and the Lower World
From Vergil, Aeneid
257(8)
Cupid and Psyche
From Apuleius, Metamorphoses
265(23)
Pyramus and Thisbe
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
288(4)
Pygmalion
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
292(2)
Bibliography 294(1)
Glossary 295

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