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