An edition of A brief guide to the Greek myths
(2007)
A brief guide to the Greek myths
by Stephen P. Kershaw
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A uniquely authoritative yet lightly handled examination of the key tales in the corpus of Greek mythology.
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Greek Mythology, Mythologie, Mythology, greekPlaces
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Table of Contents
Sect. 1.
Myths and mythology -- -- Sect. 2.
From the primal void to a lost continent : the main Greek myths -- -- 1.
From chaos and castration to order : the birth of the gods -- -- 2.
Apollo and Artemis : music, love and hunting -- -- 3.
The creation of man and woman; the great flood; transgressors and heroines -- -- 4.
Jason and the Argonauts; Medeia -- -- 5.
Argos and the monster-slayers -- -- 6.
Herakles : the greatest of the heroes -- -- 7.
Thebes and Oidipous -- -- 8.
From Atlas to Hektor -- -- 9.
From Asopos to Akhilleus -- -- 10.
Athens : the early kings -- -- 11.
Theseus and the Minotaur -- -- 12.
Curses and cannibalism : the house of Pelops -- -- 13.
The Trojan War -- -- 14.
Homer's Iliad : the wrath of Akhilleus -- -- 15.
The wooden horse and the sack of Troy -- -- 16.
The returns of the heroes -- -- 17.
The Odyssey and its sequels -- -- 18.
Plato and the myth of Atlantis -- -- Sect. 3.
Some approaches to Greek mythology.
Edition Notes
Subtitle on cover: Gods, monsters, heroes and the origins of storytelling.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-518) and index.
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