The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Partially Based on H.J. Rose's a Handbook of Greek Mythology

ISBN-13: 9781138652606 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 654 str.

Robin Hard

Opis

Now in its 8th edition, this magisterial work offers a comprehensive survey of the stories of Greek myth, from the Olympian gods, through the lesser gods and deities, to the heroes, adventures, and foundation myths of the ancient Greek world.

Spis treści

List of figures; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Sources for Greek Myth; 2. First Beginnings and the Age of the Titans; 3. The Three Great Divine Families; 4. The Rise of Zeus and Revolts against his Rule; 5. Hades, Demeter, and the Mythology of the Underworld; 6. Hera, Hestia and Poseidon; 7. Apollo, Artemis and Athena; 8. Dionysos, Hermes, Hephaistos, and Aphrodite; 9. Lesser Deities and Nature-spirits; 10. The Early Mythical History of Argos; 11. The Life of Heracles; 12. The Return of the Heraclids; 13. Minos, Theseus and the Myths of Crete; 14. The Kings of Athens; 15. Theban Mythology from Cadmos to Oedipus; 16. The Theban Wars; 17. The Family of Deucalion and Hunt for the Calydonian Boar; 18. Jason and the Argonauts; 19. The Early Pelopids and the Family of Achilles and Ajax; 20. The Royal Families of Troy and Sparta, and the Origin of the Trojan War; 21. The Trojan War; 22. The Return Journeys of the Greek Heroes; 23. Aeneas, Romulus, and the Origins of Rome; 24. Legends of Arcadia and Final Miscellany; Bibliographical note; Genealogical tables; The Great Olympian Gods; Main Index

O autorze

Robin Hard has published translations of the Library of Apollodorus, the only surviving comprehensive ancient handbook of Greek mythology, and of treatises on astral mythology and various philosophical works.