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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 | |