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Index
Cover
Copyright page
Contents
Introduction
1 The Myth and Its Function
What Is a Myth?
What Makes a Myth?
Legends and Folktales
The Sacred Myth
Protect Yourself—Pray!
Read Your Rites
Mystery Solved
The Questions
The Answers
Establishing Order
Natural Order
Social Order
Emotion Overload
The Ideal
Man's Shining Moment
Good Behavior Rewarded
The Right to Rule
Entertaining the Masses
Then and Now
Better Than Any Soap Opera
2 Sources of Classical Mythology
Homer
Homer as a Man
Homer as a Myth
Hesiod
Bio Breakdown
Aeschylus
Life
Works
Sophocles
Life
Works
Euripides
Life
Works
Virgil
Life
Works
Ovid
Life
Works
Last but Certainly Not Least
Greek Contributors
Roman Contributors
3 Creation: A Chaotic Theory
In the Beginning There Was Chaos
Chaos as a Being
Outlining the Elements
Giving Personality to Nature
Back to the Beginning
The Unions
And Then There Was Man
The Gift of Fire
Welcoming the Woman
Pandora's Box
Other Deities Affecting the Universe
The Sun
The Dawn
The Moon
Giving Definition to Life
4 The Children of Mother Earth
Children by Pontus
Ceto
Eurybia
Nereus
Phorcys
Thaumas
Need a Hand?
One-Eyed Wonders
The Imperials: Titans
Uranus Loses a Limb
Cronus Crowned as Ruler
Like Father, Like Son
Zeus's Childhood
War with the Titans
First Acts as Supreme Ruler
5 Introducing the Olympians
The Original Six
The Brothers
The Sisters
A Dozen Distinguished Deities
Ares
Athena
Artemis
Apollo
Hermes
Aphrodite
Hephaestus
Dionysus
Mount Olympus
Law and Order Under the Olympians
Mutiny on Mount Olympus
A Mob Is Assembled
Hera's Punishment
War with the Giants
Let the Battle Begin!
Bringing Down the Big Boys
The Scariest Monster of All: Typhon
Run Away! Run Away!
No Rest for the Weary
This Is Just the Beginning
6 A Marriage Made in the Heavens
The Seventh Lover: Hera
Number One: Metis
Number Two: Themis
Number Three: Eurynome
Number Four: Demeter
Number Five: Mnemosyne
Number Six: Leto
"Lucky" Number Seven: Hera
A Grand Wedding
The Children of Zeus and Hera
Ares
Eileithyia
Hebe
A Fourth Child: Hephaestus
Zeus's Love Affairs
Aegina
Alcmene
Callisto
Danae
Electra
Europa
Ganymede
Io
Leda
Maia
Semele
Taygete
Many More
The Wrath of Hera
That Pesky Fly
Persecution of Mother and Son
A Lover's Spat
7 Sovereign of the Sea
The Power of Poseidon
The Fight for City Patronage
At Odds with Athena
Never Give Up
In Need of a Queen
Hide and Seek
Amphitrite's Children
The Paternal Poseidon
Aethra
Amymone
Demeter
Iphimedia
Medusa
Theophane
Thoosa
Poseidon and the Trojans
On the Rare Flip Side
8 The Dark Prince
A Private God: Hades
The Abduction of Persephone
The House of Hades
Geography of the Underworld
Entering the Underworld
The Cell Blocks
Elysium
Asphodel Fields
Tartarus
The Judges and the Judged
Aeacus
Minos
Rhadamanthys
Escaping Death
Heracles
Orpheus
Aeneas
Theseus
Sisyphus
The Underworld Spawns Religious Rites
9 Home Is Where the Heart Is
Demeter's Sphere of Influence
An Act of Sacrilege
Possessed with Perpetual Hunger
The Love Affairs of Demeter
Wandering the Countryside
Travels as Told by Homer
A Necessary Compromise
Eleusinian Mysteries
Hestia Honored
The Vestal Virgins
Becoming a Vestal Virgin
Breaking the Vow of Chastity
Hestia's Unsuitable Suitors
10 The Art of War
A Detestable Deity: Ares
Living Among the Wild
On the War Path
God of War in Love
Loving Aphrodite
Aerope
Aglaurus
Chryse
Cyrene
Demonice
Harpinna
Otrere
Protogenia
Pyrene
Amazon Warriors
The Men and Children
Warrior Princesses
Superwomen
Battles with Athena
Tried for Murder
Ares Imprisoned
11 The Peaceful Warrior
The Birth of Athena
The Almighty Athena
A Goddess Who Has It All
Well, Almost Has It AU
Athenian Cult
The Parthenon
Erectheum
Athena the Inventor
An Adventurer's Best Friend
Diomedes
Heracles
Jason
Perseus
Odysseus
Highlights of Athena in Myth
12 The Thrill of the Hunt
Lady of the Wild: Artemis
An Overprotective Daughter
Torturing Tityus
Niobe Speaks Hastily
Artemis Takes Offense
Actaeon
Admetus
Agamemnon
Oeneus
Protecting Her Virginity
The Many Deaths of Orion
Wild But Loyal
13 The Master Marksman
Tall, Dark, and Handsome: Apollo
God of Music
The Playboy
Unlucky in Love
Cassandra
Daphne
Marpessa
Sinope
Free Love
Cyparissus
Hyacinthus
A Mortal's Slave
Apollo the Bricklayer
Apollo the Herdsman
Delphi
14 Swift as the Wind
A Child's First Prank: Hermes
The Messenger Boy
Reconciling with Hera
More Than a Mere Messenger
Bad-Boy Attraction
Aphrodite
Challenging Love
Hermes Wins the Prize
15 Adultery Abounds
The Queen of Hearts: Aphrodite
A Master Craftsman
Beauty and the Beast
A Woman in Love
Anchises
Butes
Immortal Lovers
Love's Helping Hand
Paris and Helen
Milanion and Atalanta
Aeneas and Dido
16 The Lord of Libation
The Twice-Born God: Dionysus
Myth #1
Myth #2
Dionysus Driven Mad
The Rites of Dionysus
Dionysus Takes a Wife
Madness Unleashed
The Madness of King Lycurgus
A God in Prison
Not-So-Random Acts of Kindness
The Gift of Wine
The Golden Touch
Joining the Olympians
17 The Lesser Gods
The Muses
The Charites
The Satyrs
The Nymphs
Pan
Hecate
The Change
The Importance of Three
Triton
Lesser, But Not Least
18 Monster Madness
Chimaera
Scylla
Minotaur
Sphinx
Cacus
Centaurs
More Mythological Monsters
19 A Hero's Tale
Heracles
Going Home
The Twelve Labors
Theseus
The Journey to Athens
Claiming the Throne
Perseus
Mama's Boy
A Damsel in Distress
A Prophecy Not Forgotten
Jason
The Quest for the Golden Fleece
An Unsuccessful Mission
Odysseus
Encountering Polyphemus
Never Trust a Giant
Turning Men into Swine
Terrors of the Sea
20 The Trojan War
Causes of the War
A Marriage Celebration Gone Awry
Helen of Troy
Paris Wants His Prize
Bound for Troy
The Olympians Enter the War
Heroes of the War
The Tenth Year
Trojans Ahead
An Insider's Secrets
The Fall of Troy
The Deities Are Disgusted
21 When in Rome...
Greek Versus Roman
The Journey to Italy
Juno's Wrath
Reaching Italy
Juno Steps in Again
Founding of the Roman Race
Peace Disrupted
Founding Rome
Where Are the Women?
The Death of Romulus
The Age of Kings
Numa Pompilius
Tullus Hostilius
Ancus Marcius
Lucius Tarquinius Priscus
Servius Tullius
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
22 Thank the Gods and Goddesses!
The Myth in Everyday Language
Words and Phrases
Written in the Stars
The Myth in Literature
The Myth in Art
The Myth in Movies
The Myth in Cartoons
The Myth in Television
Appendix A: Cast of Characters
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Appendix B: Resources
Classic Sources
Books on Mythology
Web Sites on Classical Mythology
Index
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