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9780375714467

Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece

by SCHWAB, GUSTAV
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    9780375714467

  • ISBN10:

    0375714464

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  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-10-09
  • Publisher: Pantheon
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Summary

From fire-stealing Prometheus to scene-stealing Helen of Troy, from Jason and his golden fleece to Oedipus and his mother, this collection of classic tales from Greek mythology demonstrates the inexhaustible vitality of a timeless cultural legacy. Here are Icarus flying too close to the sun, mighty Hercules, Achilles and that darn heel, the Trojans and their wooden horse, brave Perseus and beautiful Andromeda, wandering Odysseus and steadfast Penelope. Their stories and the stories of the powerful gods and goddesses who punish and reward, who fall in love with and are enraged by the humans they have created, are set forth simply but movingly, in language that retains the power and drama of the original works by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Homer. In Gustav Schwab's masterful retelling, they are made accessible to readers of all ages.

Author Biography

GUSTAV SCHWAB (1792–1850) was a German writer, educator, pastor, and publisher. Born in Stuttgart, he studied philology, philosophy, and theology at the University of Tübingen. Schwab’s collection of myths and legends of classical antiquity was published in 1838 and was widely used in German schools.

Table of Contents

Introduction 15(16)
Werner Jaeger
PART I
Prometheus
31(5)
The Ages of Man
36(3)
Pyrrha and Deucalion
39(3)
Zeus and Io
42(5)
Phaethon
47(5)
Europa
52(5)
Cadmus
57(3)
Pentheus
60(6)
Perseus
66(6)
Creusa and Ion
72(10)
Daedalus and Icarus
82(4)
The Story of the Argonauts
86(57)
Jason and Pelias
86(2)
The Cause and the Outset of the Voyage of the Argonauts
88(1)
The Argonauts at Lemnos
89(3)
The Argonauts in the Land of the Doliones
92(2)
Heracles Left Behind
94(2)
Polydeuces and the King of the Bebrycians
96(1)
Phineus and the Harpies
97(3)
The Symplegades
100(1)
Further Adventures
101(4)
Jason in the Palace of Aeetes
105(2)
Medea and Aeetes
107(2)
The Counsel of Argus
109(3)
Medea Promises to Help the Argonauts
112(1)
Jason and Medea
113(4)
Jason Does the Bidding of Aeetes
117(4)
Medea Takes the Golden Fleece
121(3)
The Argonauts are Pursued and Escape with Medea
124(4)
The Argonauts on their Homeward Journey
128(4)
The Colchians Continue their Pursuit
132(1)
The Last Adventures of the Argonauts
133(5)
Jason's End
138(5)
Meleager and the Boar
143(4)
Tantalus
147(1)
Pelops
148(2)
Niobe
150(5)
Salmoneus
155(1)
Heracles
156(46)
The Infant Heracles
156(1)
The Rearing of Heracles
157(1)
Heracles at the Crossroads
158(2)
The First Adventures of Heracles
160(2)
Heracles Fights the Giants
162(3)
Heracles and Eurystheus
165(1)
The First Three Labors of Heracles
166(3)
The Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Labors of Heracles
169(3)
The Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Labors of Heracles
172(3)
The Last Three Labors of Heracles
175(7)
Heracles and Eurytus
182(1)
Heracles and Admetus
183(5)
Heracles in the Service of Omphale
188(3)
Subsequent Exploits of Heracles
191(2)
Heracles and Deiamia
193(2)
Heracles and Nessus
195(1)
Heracles, Iole, and Deianira. His End
196(6)
Bellerophon
202(4)
Theseus
206(24)
His Birth and his Youth
206(2)
His Journey to his Father
208(2)
Theseus in Athens
210(1)
Theseus and Minos
211(4)
King Theseus
215(2)
The War with the Amazons
217(1)
Theseus and Pirithous
218(4)
Theseus and Phaedra
222(4)
Theseus and Helen
226(2)
The End of Theseus
228(2)
The Story of King Oedipus
230(21)
The Birth of Oedipus, his Youth, his Flight, and the Murder of his Father
230(4)
Oedipus in Thebes
234(1)
The Discovery
235(4)
Jocasta and Oedipus Inflict Punishment upon Themselves
239(1)
Oedipus and Antigone
240(1)
Oedipus at Colonus
241(4)
Oedipus and Theseus
245(1)
Oedipus and Creon
246(1)
Oedipus and Polynices
247(4)
The Seven Against Thebes
251(21)
Polynices and Tydeus as the Guests of Adrastus
251(2)
The Heroes Set Out. Hypsipyle and Opheltes
253(3)
The Heroes Arrive in Thebes
256(2)
Menoeceus
258(2)
The Attack upon Thebes
260(2)
Brothers in Single Combat
262(4)
Creon's Resolve
266(2)
Antigone and Creon
268(1)
Haemon and Antigone
269(1)
Creon's Punishment
270(1)
The Burial of the Heroes of Thebes
271(1)
The Epigoni
272(3)
Alcmaeon and the Necklace
275(2)
The Heraclidae
277(22)
The Heraclidae Come to Athens
277(2)
Demophoon
279(3)
Macaria
282(1)
The Battle
283(3)
Eurystheus and Alcmene
286(1)
Hyllus and His Descendants
287(5)
The Heraclidae Divide Up the Peloponneus
292(1)
Merope and Aepytus
293(6)
PART II
Tales of Troy
299(273)
The Building of Troy
299(3)
Priam, Hecuba, and Paris
302(3)
The Rape of Helen
305(5)
The Argives
310(5)
The Argives Send Priam a Message
315(2)
Agamemmon and Iphigenia
317(11)
The Argives Set Out. Philoctetes is Abandoned
328(1)
The Argives in Mysia. Telephus
329(4)
Paris Returns
333(1)
The Argives before Troy
334(4)
Fighting Begins. Protesilaus. Cycnus
338(4)
The Death of Palamedes
342(1)
Achilles and Ajax
343(3)
Polydorus
346(4)
Chryses, Apollo, and the Wrath of Achilles
350(6)
Agamemnon Tries the Argives
356(5)
Paris and Menelaus
361(6)
Pandarus
367(4)
The Battle. Diomedes
371(11)
Glaucus and Diomedes
382(1)
Hector in Troy
383(5)
Hector and Ajax in Single Combat
388(4)
The Truce
392(2)
A Trojan Victory
394(5)
The Argives Send a Message to Achilles
399(3)
Dolon and Rhesus
402(5)
Another Argive Defeat
407(7)
The Fight at the Wall
414(3)
The Struggle for the Ships
417(6)
Poseidon Strethens the Achaeans
423(5)
Apollo Revives Hector
428(7)
The Death of Patroclus
435(14)
The Grief of Achilles
449(3)
Achilles Newly Armed
452(5)
Achilles and Agamemnon Reconciled
457(5)
The Battle of Gods and Men
462(5)
Achilles Fights the River-God Scamander
467(4)
The Battle of the Gods
471(3)
Achilles and Hector Before the Gates
474(2)
The Death of Hector
476(5)
The Funeral of Patroclus
481(7)
Priam Visits Achilles
488(8)
Hector's Body in Troy
496(2)
Penthesilea
498(10)
Memnon
508(7)
The Death of Achilles
515(4)
Funeral Games for Achilles
519(4)
The Death of Ajax the Great
523(6)
Machaon and Podalirius
529(4)
Neoptolemus
533(6)
Philoctetes on Lemnos
539(5)
The Death of Paris
544(3)
The Storming of Troy
547(2)
The Wooden Horse
549(10)
The Destruction of Troy
559(4)
Menelaus and Helen. Polyxena
563(4)
Departure from Troy. Ajax of Locris Dies
567(5)
The Last Tantalides
572(37)
Agamemnon's Line and House
572(3)
Agamemnon's End
575(4)
Agamemnon is Avenged
579(10)
Orestes and the Furies
589(8)
Iphigenia in the Land of the Tauri
597(12)
Odysseus
609(136)
Telemachus and the Suitors
609(7)
Telemachus and Nestor
616(4)
Telemachus in Sparta
620(3)
The Suitors' Plot
623(2)
Odysseus Leaves Calypso and is Shipwrecked
625(4)
Nausicaa
629(4)
Odysseus and the Phaeacians
633(9)
Odysseus Tells the Tale of his Wanderings to the Phaeacians. The Cicones. The Lotos-Eaters. The Cyclopes. Polyphemus
642(9)
Odysseus Continues his Tale. The Leather Bag of Aeolus. The Laestrygonians. Circe
651(10)
Odysseus Continues his Tale. The Realm of Shades
661(4)
Odysseus Continues his Tale. The Sirens. Seylla and Charybdis. Thrinacia and the Herds of the Sun-God. Shipwreck. Odysseus and Calypso
665(6)
Odysseus Bids the Phaeacians Farewell
671(2)
Odysseus Reaches Ithaca
673(4)
Odysseus Visits the Swinehered
677(5)
Telemachus Leaves Sparta
682(4)
With the Swineherd
686(2)
Telemachus Returns
688(3)
Odysseus Reveals Himself to his Son
691(2)
The City and the Palace
693(3)
Telemachus, Odysseus, and Eumaeus Reach the City
696(4)
Odysseus, the Beggar, in the Hall
700(3)
Odysseus and the Beggar Irus
703(2)
Penelope and the Suitors
705(3)
Odysseus Mocked Again
708(1)
Odysseus Alone with Telemachus and Penelope
709(6)
Night and Morning in the Palace
715(2)
The Feast
717(2)
The Contest with the Bow
719(2)
Odysseus Reveants Himself to the Good Herdsmen
721(4)
Vengeance
725(5)
The Servants are Punished
730(2)
Odysseus and Penelope
732(3)
Odysseus and Laertes
735(4)
Athene Calms Rebellion in the City
739(2)
Odysseus the Victor
741(4)
Index 745

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