A Companion to Classical Mythology

by Lenardon, Robert J.; Morford, Mark P. O.

• ISBN13: 9780471368915
• ISBN10: 0471368911
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Following teachers' requests Morford and Lenardon produced this study guide to complement, Classical Mythology. The guide reviews each of chapters 1 through 23 o fhte larger book, and provides practice tests with answers. By isolating the important information, this Companion provides a quicker and firmer grasp of essentials for an easier understanding of the source material so that more time can be devoted to the meaning and interpretation of the myths and their impact upon subsequent literature, art, music, and film. A computer disk, available free to instructors on request, relates the extensive information available in Perseus (Yale University's electronia classical archive) to Classical Mythology.

Table of Contents

Illustrations and Works of Art	ix
Preface	xiii
Introduction	1	(34)
Part One The Myths of Creation: the Gods
Myths of Creation	35	(15)
Zeus' Rise to Power: The Creation of Mortals	50	(20)
The Twelve Olympians: Zeus, Hera, and Their Children	70	(15)
Anthropomorphism and Greek Humanism	85	(13)
Poseidon, Sea Deities, Group Divinities, and Monsters	98	(7)
Athena	105	(11)
Aphrodite and Eros	116	(25)
Artemis	141	(22)
Euripides, Hippolytus	150	(13)
Apollo	163	(26)
The Homeric Hymn to Apollo	182	(7)
Hermes	189	(15)
Dionysus, Pan, Echo, and Narcissus	204	(29)
Demeter and the Eleusinian Mysteries	233	(17)
Views of the Afterlife: the Realm of Hades	250	(23)
Orpheus and Orphism: Mystery Religions in Roman Times	273	(16)
Part Two The Greek Sagas: Greek Local Legends
The Theban Saga	289	(28)
The Mycenaean Saga	317	(31)
The Three Electras	328	(20)
The Trojan Saga and the Iliad	348	(40)
The Returns and the Odyssey	388	(18)
Perseus and the Legends of Argos	406	(10)
Heracles	416	(26)
Theseus and the Legends of Attica	442	(22)
Jason, Medea, and the Argonauts	464	(16)
Myths of Local Heroes and Heroines	480	(23)
Part Three The Survival of Classical Mythology
The Nature of Roman Mythology	503	(39)
The Survival of Classical Mythology in Literature and Art	542	(35)
Classical Mythology in Music and Film	577	(18)
Notes	595	(36)
Select Bibliography	631	(2)
The Greek Spelling of Names	633
Indexes	I-1