Classical mythology
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- ISBN: 0195308042
- ISBN: 0195308050
- ISBN: 9780195308044
- ISBN: 9780195308051
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1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm - Edition: 8th ed.
- Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2007.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | PART ONE. THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS -- Interpretation and Definition of Classical Mythology -- Appendix to Chapter 1: Sources for Classical Mythology -- Historical Background of Greek Mythology -- Myths of Creation -- Zeus' Rise to Power: The Creation of Mortals -- Additional Reading: Parallels in Myths of Greece and the Ancient Near East -- The Twelve Olympians: Zeus, Hera, and Their Children -- The Nature of the Gods -- Poseidon, Sea Deities, Group Divinities, and Monsters -- Athena -- Aphrodite and Eros -- Artemis -- Additional Reading: Selections from Euripides' Hippolytus -- Apollo -- Additional Reading: The Homeric Hymn to Pythian Apollo -- Hermes -- Dionysus, Pan, Echo, and Narcissus -- Demeter and the Eleusinian Mysteries -- Views of the Afterlife: The Realm of Hades -- Orpheus and Orphism: Mystery Religions in Roman Times -- PART TWO. THE GREEK SAGAS: GREEK LOCAL LEGENDS -- Introduction -- The Theban Saga -- The Mycenaean Saga -- Additional Reading: Orestes and the Three Electras -- The Trojan Saga and the Iliad -- Appendix to Chapter 19: Meleager and the Calydonian Boar Hunt -- The Returns and the Odyssey -- Perseus and the Legends of Argos -- Appendix to Chapter 21: Bellerophon -- Heracles -- Theseus and the Legends of Attica -- Jason, Medea, and the Argonauts -- Additional Reading: Jason and Medea in Euripides -- Greek and Roman Legends in Ovid's Poetry -- PART THREE. THE NATURE OF ROMAN MYTHOLOGY -- Roman Mythology and Saga -- PART FOUR. THE SURVIVAL OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY -- Classical Mythology in Literature and Art -- Classical Mythology in Music, Dance, and Film. |
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Subject: | Mythology, Classical Mythologie ancienne Mythology, Classical Mythologie Griechenland Römisches Reich Mythologie Antike Griechenland Classical mythology |
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