Classical Gods and Heroes: Myths As Told by the Ancient Authors

by Hendericks, Rhoda

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9780688052799

ISBN10:

0688052797

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Pub. Date:

3/12/2010

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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.

Introduction

(9)

The Major Deities (chart)

(284)

The Creation

From Hesiod, Theogony

(3)

From Ovid, Metamorphoses

(2)

The Birth of Zeus

From Hesiod, Theogony

(3)

Zeus and the Titans

From Hesiod, Theogony

(5)

Pandora

From Hesiod, Works and Days

(2)

The Ages of Mankind

From Hesiod, Works and Days

(2)

From Ovid, Metamorphoses

(3)

The Council of the Gods

From Ovid, Metamorphoses

(2)

The Flood

From Ovid, Metamorphoses

(2)

Deucalion and Pyrrha

From Ovid, Metamorphoses

(3)

The Birth of Athena

From Hesiod, Theogony

(2)

The Muses

From Hesiod, Theogony

(2)

Demeter

From Homeric Hymns

(9)

Atlas

From Hesiod, Theogony; Astronomy

(1)

Daphne and Apollo

From Ovid, Metamorphoses

(4)

From Ovid, Metamorphoses

(4)

Phaethon

From Ovid, Metamorphoses

(7)

Europa

From Moschus, Bucolica

(2)

From Ovid, Metamorphoses

(2)

Arachne

From Ovid, Metamorphoses

(4)

Tantalus

From Pindar, Olympian Odes

(2)

Niobe

From Ovid, Metamorphoses

(4)

Dionysus

From Homeric Hymns

(3)

Hermes and Apollo

From Homeric Hymns

(7)

Pan

From Homeric Hymns

(2)

Echo and Narcissus

From Ovid, Metamorphoses

(4)

Perseus and Andromeda

From Ovid, Metamorphoses

(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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