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Ancient authors and Fragments | |
Why Perseus? | p. 1 |
Introducing Perseus | p. 3 |
Key Themes | p. 11 |
The Family Saga | p. 13 |
The family saga on stage | p. 13 |
The impregnation of Danae | p. 18 |
The chest and its mythological comparanda | p. 19 |
Acrisius' motivations and the feud with the line of Proetus | p. 22 |
Perseus' childhood | p. 24 |
Polydectes' trick | p. 26 |
The war against Dionysus | p. 28 |
The death of Perseus | p. 32 |
Overview | p. 33 |
Medusa and the Gorgons | p. 34 |
The origins of the Gorgon-head and of the Medusa story | p. 34 |
The development of the quest narrative: Aeschylus and Pherecydes | p. 40 |
Perseus' equipment | p. 43 |
Where did the Gorgons live? | p. 47 |
Gorgon weaponry | p. 50 |
The corruption and punishment of Medusa | p. 55 |
The female groups: Gorgons, Graeae, Nymphs, Hesperides and Nereids | p. 56 |
Athena, Perseus, Bellerophon and the dragons | p. 60 |
Perseus and Jason: quest narratives and myths of maturation | p. 63 |
Overview | p. 65 |
Andromeda and the Sea-Monster | p. 67 |
The origins of the Andromeda tale | p. 67 |
The tragic Andromeda | p. 69 |
The imperial Andromeda | p. 72 |
The catasterisms | p. 74 |
Eros and eroticism | p. 77 |
From Arcadia to India: Black Andromeda? | p. 82 |
The ketos: a natural history | p. 87 |
The Andromeda tale in context: Hesione and the dragons | p. 93 |
Folktale comparanda | p. 97 |
Overview | p. 99 |
The Use and Abuse of Perseus | p. 100 |
Perseus in the Argolid | p. 100 |
Perseus in Seriphos and Larissa | p. 105 |
Perseus in Athens and Sparta | p. 106 |
Perseus in Persia | p. 109 |
Perseus in Egypt | p. 113 |
Perseus in the Macedonian and Hellenistic dynasties | p. 114 |
Perseus in Rome and Italy | p. 118 |
Perseus in Roman Asia Minor | p. 119 |
Perseus rationalised | p. 121 |
Overview | p. 126 |
Perseus Afterwards | p. 129 |
Perseus After Antiquity | p. 131 |
From Fulgentius to Freud: three ages in the allegorisation of the Medusa tale | p. 131 |
The Christian Perseus: St George and Princess Sabra, Roger and Angelica | p. 136 |
Burne-Jones' Perseus Series | p. 138 |
Overview | p. 143 |
Conclusion: The Personality of Perseus | p. 145 |
Appendices | p. 147 |
Literary sources for the Perseus cycle | p. 149 |
Family tree | p. 153 |
Notes | p. 154 |
Further reading | p. 167 |
Bibliography | p. 169 |
Index | p. 183 |
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