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Classic Mythology
Europa and the God-Bull--Cadmus and the Dragon's Teeth--Orpheus and Eurydice--Heracles and the Golden Apples--The Quest of the Golden Fleece--Theseus goes to slay the Minotaur--How Theseus found his Father--Theseus and Ariadne--Theseus and the Witch Medea--The Death of Hector--The Battles with the Amazons and Memnon- the death of Achilles--The Wooden Horse--The Sack of Troy--The Death of Ajax--The Flight of Aeneas from Troy--Aeneas and Dido--Aeneas in Hades--Nisus and Euryalus--Odysseus in Hades--Circe's Palace--Odysseus and the Cyclops--The Sirens--The Homecoming of OdysseusTravel back to a time when divine begins mixed with mortals, when heroes battled sorcerers, and nature was a mysterious realm ruled by beautiful and dangerous deities. From the legends of Hercules to the underworld of Hades and the mighty war that waged over Troy, this book contains tales from some of the greatest works of classical literature, including the Iliad and the Odyssey retold by renowned storytellers. These enduring myths have captured the imagination of generations of listeners and readers for millennia and continue to do so today.
Subjects: Mythology, Greek; Mythology, Classical;
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Classical mythology / by Morford, Mark P. O.,1929-2019(CARDINAL)709168;
Bibliography: pages 541-544.
Subjects: Mythology, Classical.;
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Classical mythology / by Morford, Mark P. O.,1929-2019(CARDINAL)709168; Lenardon, Robert J.,1928-author.(CARDINAL)746338;
Bibliography: pages 461-462.
Subjects: Mythology, Classical.;
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Classical mythology / by Guerber, H. A.(Hélène Adeline),1859-1929,author.(CARDINAL)191766;
Pandora -- Perseus -- Midas -- Jason -- Hercules -- and more."The myths of Greece and Rome have inspired so much of the best thought in English literature that a knowledge of them is often essential to the understanding of what we read."
Subjects: Poetry.; Mythology, Classical.; Mythology, Greek.; Mythology, Roman.;
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Classical mythology : images and insights / by Harris, Stephen L.,1937-(CARDINAL)511996; Platzner, Gloria.(CARDINAL)386307;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 1043-1051) and index.
Subjects: Mythology, Classical.;
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Classical mythology : myths and legends of the ancient world / by Hawthorne, Nathanliel,author.(CARDINAL)835788; Bird, M. M.,author.(CARDINAL)835789; Lloyd, Mrs. Guy E.,author.;
Subjects: Mythology, Classical.;
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Classical mythology / by Morford, Mark P. O.,1929-2019(CARDINAL)709168; Lenardon, Robert J.,1928-(CARDINAL)746338;
Includes bibliographical references (page 763) and indexes.Machine generated contents note: PART ONE. THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS 1 Interpretation and Definition of Classical Mythology 3 Appendix to Chapter I: Sources for Classical Mythology 26 2 Historical Background of Greek Mythology 39 3 Myths of Creation 5I Additional Reading: Hesiod and the Muses (Theogony, I-II5) 7I 4 Zeus' Rise to Power: The Creation of Mortals 76 Additional Reading: Parallels in Myths of Greece and the Ancient Near East 98 5 The Twelve Olympians: Zeus, Hera, and Their Children 108 6 The Nature of the Gods 128 7 Poseidon, Sea Deities, Group Divinities, and Monsters 147 8 Athena I57 9 Aphrodite and Eros 171 10 Artemis 200 Additional Reading: Selections from Euripides' Hippolytus 212 11 Apollo 226 Additional Reading: The Homeric Hymn to Pythian Apollo 246 12 Hermes 257 13 Dionysus, Pan, Echo, and Narcissus 274 14 Demeter and the Eleusinian Mysteries 307 15 Views of the Afterlife: The Realm of Hades 328 16 Orpheus and Orphism: Mystery Religions in Roman Times 354 PART TWO. THE GREEK SAGAS: GREEK LOCAL LEGENDS 17 The Theban Saga 375 18 The Mycenaean Saga 404 Additional Reading: Orestes and the Three Electras 416 19 The Trojan Saga and the Iliad 436 20 The Returns and the Odyssey 482 21 Perseus and the Legends of Argos 505 22 Heracles 519 23 Theseus and the Legends of Attica 548 24 Jason, Medea, and the Argonauts 573 Additional Reading: Jason and Medea in Euripides 589 25 Myths of Local Heroes and Heroines 602 PART THREE. THE NATURE OF ROMAN MYTHOLOGY 26 Roman Mythology and Saga 623 PART FOUR. THE SURVIVAL OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY 27 Classical Mythology in Literature and Art 667 28 Classical Mythology in Music, Dance, and Film 705.
Subjects: Mythology, Classical.;
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Classical mythology [sound recording] : the Greeks / by Meineck, Peter.;
Course guide includes bibliographical references.Lecture 1. The nature of Greek myth -- Lecture 2. Religion and society -- Lecture 3. In the beginning there was chaos -- Lecture 4. The Olympians -- Lecture 5. The Trojan war -- Lecture 5. Myth as history -- Lecture 7. Divine myths -- Lecture 8. Myths of identity--The Odyssey -- Lecture 9. Myths of the afterlife -- Lecture 10. Myth into politics--Agamemmon -- Lecture 11. Gender in myth--The women of tragedy -- Lecture 12. Myths of initiation--The heroes -- Lecture 13. Myths of the city--Oedipus -- Lecture 14. Myths of the city--Athens.Lectures delivered by Professor Peter Meineck of New York Univeristy.Professor Peter Meineck examines in detail the far-reaching influence of Greek myths on Western thought and literature. The nature of myth and its importance to ancient Greece in terms of storytelling, music, poetry, religion, cults, rituals, theatre, and literature are viewed through works ranging from Homer's Illiad and Odyssey to the writings of Sophocles and Aeschylus. These lectures are an entertaining guide to Greek mythology and a fascinating look into the culture and time that produced these eternal tales.
Subjects: Audiobooks; Mythology, Classical.; Mythology, Greek.;
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Classical mythology [sound recording] : the Romans / by Meineck, Peter,1967-;
Professor Peter Meineck.
Subjects: Mythology, Roman.;
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Mythology [sound recording] / by Hamilton, Edith,1867-1963.(CARDINAL)125075; Toren, Suzanne.;
Read by Suzanne Toren.Edith Hamilton enlightens listeners on classic Greek, Roman, and Norse myths and legends.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Mythology.; Mythology, Classical.;
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