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Plates, Maps, and Figures | |
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Preface | |
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About the Authors | |
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The Myths of Creation: the Gods | |
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Interpretation and Definition of Classical Mythology | |
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Appendix to Chapter 1: Sources for Classical Mythology | |
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Historical Background of Greek Mythology | |
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Myths of Creation | |
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Additional Reading: Hesiod and the Muses (Theogony, 1-115) | |
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Zeus' Rise to Power: The Creation of Mortals | |
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Additional Reading: Parallels in Myths of Greece and the Ancient Near East | |
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The Twelve Olympians: Zeus, Hera, and Their Children | |
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The Nature of the Gods | |
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Poseidon, Sea Deities, Group Divinities, and Monsters | |
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Athena | |
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Aphrodite and Eros | |
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Artemis | |
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Additional Reading: Selections from Euripides' Hippolytus | |
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Apollo | |
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Additional Reading: The Homeric Hymn to Pythian Apollo | |
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Hermes | |
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Dionysus, Pan, Echo, and Narcissus | |
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Demeter and the Eleusinian Mysteries | |
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Views of the Afterlife: The Realm of Hades | |
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Orpheus and Orphism: Mystery Religions in Roman Times | |
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The Greek Sagas: Greek Local Legends | |
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The Theban Saga | |
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The Mycenaean Saga | |
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Additional Reading: Orestes and the Three Electras | |
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The Trojan Saga and the Iliad | |
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The Returns and the Odyssey | |
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Perseus and the Legends of Argos | |
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Heracles | |
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Theseus and the Legends of Attica | |
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Jason, Medea, and the Argonauts | |
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Additional Reading: Jason and Medea in Euripides | |
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Myths of Local Heroes and Heroines | |
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The Nature of Roman Mythology | |
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Roman Mythology and Saga | |
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The Survival of Classical Mythology | |
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Classical Mythology in Literature and Art | |
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Classical Mythology in Music, Dance, and Film | |
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Select Bibliography | |
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Glossary of Mythological Words and Phrases in English | |
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The Greek Spelling of Names | |
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Indexes | |
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Index of Authors, Composers, and Titles | |
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Glossary/Index of Mythological and Historical Persons, Places, and Subjects | |