[Stephen Fry's Great Mythology 02] • Heroes by Fry, Stephen -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page About the Author Dedication Picture Credits Foreword Map The Olympians Introduction Hera’s Dream PERSEUS

The Shower of Gold The Wooden Chest The Two Strangers in the Oak Grove The Graeae Gorgon Island Andromeda and Cassiopeia The Return to Seriphos

HERACLES

The Line of Perseus Snakes Alive Youth and Upbringing of a Hero Crime and Punishment

The Labours of Heracles

1. The Nemean Lion 2. The Lernaean Hydra 3. The Ceryneian Hind 4. The Erymanthian Boar 5. The Augean Stables 6. The Stymphalian Birds 7. The Cretan Bull 8. The Mares of Diomedes (incorporating the Story of Alcestis and Admetus) 9. The Girdle of Hippolyta 10. The Cattle of Geryon 11. The Golden Apples of the Hesperides 12. Cerberus After the Labours: Crimes and Grudges The Giants: a Prophecy Fulfilled The Shirt of Nessus Apotheosis

BELLEROPHON

The Winged One Bearing False Witness In Lycia Chimerical Reaction Flying Too High

ORPHEUS

The Power to Soothe the Savage Beast Orpheus and Eurydice Orpheus in the Underworld The Death of Orpheus

JASON

The Ram Return to Iolcos The Argo The Isle of Lemnos The Dolionians Hylas Disappears Harpies The Clashing Rocks Deaths, Razor-Sharp Feathers and the Phrixides The Eagle King Three Goddesses Medea The Khalkotauroi The Grove of Ares Escape from Colchis The Journey Home The Magical Death of Pelias Medea Rises Up

ATALANTA

Born to Be Wild The Calydonian Boar The Calydonian Hunt The Foot Race

OEDIPUS

The Oracle Speaks Where Three Roads Meet The Riddle of the Sphinx Long Live the King The Aftermyth

THESEUS

The Chosen One Under the Rock

The Labours of Theseus

1. Periphetes 2. Sinis 3. The Crommyonian Sow 4. Sciron 5. Cercyon and the Birth of Wrestling 6. Procrustes, the Stretcher The Wicked Stepmother The Marathonian Bull The Queen of Poisons The Story of the Tribute The Bull from the Sea To Crete The Dungeons of Knossos The Bull Man Abandonment and Flight Father and Son Theseus, the King

Envoi The Rages of Heracles Afterword Illustrations List of Characters

Olympian Gods Primordial Beings Monsters Mortals

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