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Mythology : timeless tales of Gods and heroes / Edith Hamilton

By: Hamilton, Edith [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : New American Library, [1962]Description: 335 pages : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeSubject(s): Mythology, Classical
Contents:
Introduction to classical mythology
The mythology of the Greeks
The Greek and Roman writers of mythology
The Gods, the creation, and the earliest heroes
The Gods
The titans and the twelve great Olympians
The lesser Gods of Olympus
The Gods of the waters
The underworld
The lesser Gods of earth
The Roman Gods
The two great Gods of earth : Demeter (Ceres), Dionysus or Bacchus
How the world and mankind were created
The earliest heroes : Prometheus and Io, Europa, the cyclops Polyphemus, flower-myths: Narcissus, Hyacinth, Adonis
Stories of love and adventure
Cupid and psyche
Eight brief tales of lovers : Pyramus and Thisbe, Orpheus and Eurydice, Ceyx and Alcyone, Pygmalion and Galatea, Baucis and Philemon, Endymion, Daphne, Alpheus and Arethusa
The quest of golden fleece
Four great adventures : Phaëthon, Pegasus and Bellerophon, Otus and Ephialtes, Daedalus
The great heroes before the Trojan war: Perseus, Theseus, Hercules, Atalanta
The heroes of the Trojan war
Prologue : the judgement of Paris
The Trojan war
The fall of Troy
The adventures of Odysseus
The adventures of Aeneas
Part one : from Troy to Italy
Part two : the descent into the lower world
Part three : the war in Italy
The great families of mythology
The house of Atreus : Tantalus and Niobe, Agamemnonand his children, Iphigenia among the Taurians
The royal house of Thebes : Cadmus and his children, Oedipus, Antigone, The seven against Thebes
The royal house of Athens : Cecrops, Procne and Philomela, Procris and Cephalus, Orithyia and Boreas, Creusa and Ion
The less important myths
Midas and others : Midas, Aesculapius, the Danaids, Glaucus and Scylla, Erysichthon, Pomona and Vertumnus
Brief myths arranged alphabetically
The mythology of the Norsemen
Introduction to Norse mythology
The stories of Signy and of Sigurd
The Norse Gods : the creation, the Norse wisdom
Genealogical tables
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Introduction to classical mythology

The mythology of the Greeks

The Greek and Roman writers of mythology

The Gods, the creation, and the earliest heroes

The Gods

The titans and the twelve great Olympians

The lesser Gods of Olympus

The Gods of the waters

The underworld

The lesser Gods of earth

The Roman Gods

The two great Gods of earth : Demeter (Ceres), Dionysus or Bacchus

How the world and mankind were created

The earliest heroes : Prometheus and Io, Europa, the cyclops Polyphemus, flower-myths: Narcissus, Hyacinth, Adonis

Stories of love and adventure

Cupid and psyche

Eight brief tales of lovers : Pyramus and Thisbe, Orpheus and Eurydice, Ceyx and Alcyone, Pygmalion and Galatea, Baucis and Philemon, Endymion, Daphne, Alpheus and Arethusa

The quest of golden fleece

Four great adventures : Phaëthon, Pegasus and Bellerophon, Otus and Ephialtes, Daedalus

The great heroes before the Trojan war: Perseus, Theseus, Hercules, Atalanta

The heroes of the Trojan war

Prologue : the judgement of Paris

The Trojan war

The fall of Troy

The adventures of Odysseus

The adventures of Aeneas

Part one : from Troy to Italy

Part two : the descent into the lower world

Part three : the war in Italy

The great families of mythology

The house of Atreus : Tantalus and Niobe, Agamemnonand his children, Iphigenia among the Taurians

The royal house of Thebes : Cadmus and his children, Oedipus, Antigone, The seven against Thebes

The royal house of Athens : Cecrops, Procne and Philomela, Procris and Cephalus, Orithyia and Boreas, Creusa and Ion

The less important myths

Midas and others : Midas, Aesculapius, the Danaids, Glaucus and Scylla, Erysichthon, Pomona and Vertumnus

Brief myths arranged alphabetically

The mythology of the Norsemen

Introduction to Norse mythology

The stories of Signy and of Sigurd

The Norse Gods : the creation, the Norse wisdom

Genealogical tables

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