Mythology : timeless tales of Gods and heroes
/ Edith Hamilton
- 335 pages : illustrations
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 : Phaėthon, 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