Contents
List of Illustrations
Author’s Note
Editor’s Preface
1. WHAT IS MYTHOLOGY?
2. THE BEGINNINGS: COSMOGONY
3. THE OLYMPIAN GODS
Zeus, Poseidon, Hades
Apollo
Hermes
Ares
Hephaestus
4. THE OLYMPIAN GODDESSES
Hera
Hestia
Demeter
Artemis
Aphrodite
Athena
5. THE HEROES
Heracles
Jason and Medea
Theseus and Ariadne
Perseus
6. THE TROJAN WAR
7. ODYSSEUS
8. THE TRAGIC DRAMA: OEDIPUS
9. SHRINES AND ORACLES
10. DIONYSUS
11. ORPHISM
12. THE ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Credits
Index
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