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Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction | |
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Prologue | |
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The creation | |
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The four ages | |
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The Giants' attempt to invade heaven | |
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Jupiter and the gods | |
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Lycaon | |
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The flood | |
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Deucalion and Pyrrha | |
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Python | |
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Daphne and Apollo | |
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Jupiter and Io | |
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Argus and Mercury | |
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Pan and Syrinx | |
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The death of Argus | |
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Io in Egypt | |
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Clymene and Phaethon | |
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Phaethon at the Sun-god's palace | |
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Phaethon's flight and death | |
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The sisters of Phaethon | |
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Cycnus | |
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Jupiter and Callisto | |
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Diana and Callisto | |
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Callisto and Arcas | |
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The raven and the crow | |
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Apollo and Coronis | |
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Ocyrhoe | |
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Mercury and Battus | |
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Mercury, Herse, and Aglauros | |
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The house of Envy | |
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Envy and Aglauros | |
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Jupiter and Europa | |
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Cadmus' founding of Thebes | |
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Actaeon | |
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Jupiter and Semele | |
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The birth of Bacchus | |
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Tiresias | |
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Echo and Narcissus | |
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Pentheus and Bacchus | |
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Acoetes | |
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The death of Pentheus | |
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The daughters of Minyas | |
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Pyramus and Thisbe | |
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Mars and Venus | |
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The Sun-god, Leucothoe, and Clytie | |
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Salmacis and Hermaphroditus | |
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The metamorphosis of the daughters of Minyas | |
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Juno and Tisiphone | |
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Tisiphone, Athamas, and Ino | |
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The metamorphosis of Cadmus and Harmonia | |
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Perseus and Atlas | |
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Perseus and Andromeda | |
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Perseus and Medusa | |
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Perseus and Phineus | |
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Minerva and the Muses | |
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Pyreneus | |
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The contest between the Muses and the daughters of Pierus | |
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Typhoeus | |
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The rape of Proserpina | |
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Cyane | |
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Arethusa | |
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Ascalaphus | |
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The Sirens | |
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Arethusa's story | |
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Triptolemus and Lyncus | |
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The metamorphosis of the daughters of Pieros | |
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Minerva and Arachne | |
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Latona and Niobe | |
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Latona and the Lycian farmers | |
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Marsyas | |
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Tereus, Procne, and Philomela | |
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Boreas and Orithyia | |
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Jason, Medea, and the quest for the golden fleece | |
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Medea and Aeson | |
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Medea and Pelias and his daughters | |
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The flight of Medea | |
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Medea, Aegeus, and Theseus | |
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Minos and Aeacus | |
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Cephalus and Aeacus | |
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The plague at Aegina and the creation of the Myrmidons | |
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Cephalus and Procris | |
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Nisus and Scylla | |
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Daedalus, the Minotaur, and the labyrinth | |
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Ariadne | |
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Daedalus and Icarus | |
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Perdix | |
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Meleager and the Calydonian boar hunt | |
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Althaea and the death of Meleager | |
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Theseus and Achelous | |
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The Echinades and Perimele | |
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Baucis and Philemon | |
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Erysichthon and Hunger | |
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Erysichthon's daughter | |
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Achelous and Hercules | |
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Hercules, Deianira and Nessus | |
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The suffering of Hercules | |
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Lichas | |
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The death and apotheosis of Hercules | |
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Galanthis and Hercules' birth | |
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Dryope | |
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Iolaus | |
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Themis' prophecy and the sons of Callirhoe | |
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Miletus, Byblis and Caunus | |
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Iphis and Ianthe | |
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Orpheus and Eurydice | |
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Orpheus' retreat to Thrace | |
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Cyparissus | |
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The song of Orpheus: Ganymede | |
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Apollo and Hyacinthus | |
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The Cerastae and the Propoetides | |
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Pygmalion | |
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Cinyas and Myrrha | |
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Venus and Adonis | |
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Atalanta and Hippomenes | |
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The death of Adonis | |
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The death of Orpheus | |
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Midas | |
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Laomedon's double treachery | |
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Peleus and Thetis | |
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Peleus and Ceyx | |
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Daedalion and Chione | |
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The slaughter of Peleus' cattle | |
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Ceyx and Alcyone | |
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The house of Sleep | |
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Alcyone's dream | |
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The metamorphosis of Ceyx and Alcyone | |
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Aesacus and Hesperia | |
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The Greeks at Aulis | |
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Rumor | |
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The Greeks' arrival at Troy and the beginning of the Trojan War | |
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Achilles and Cycnus | |
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Nestor's story: Caeneus, the Lapiths and centaurs, and the death of Caeneus | |
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Nestor, Tlepolemus, and Periclymenus | |
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The death of Achilles | |
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Ajax, Ulysses, and the arms of Achilles | |
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Ajax's suicide | |
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The fall of Troy | |
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Hecuba's grief | |
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The murder of Polydorus | |
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The sacrifice of Polyxena | |
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Hecuba's discovery of Polydorus' body and her revenge and metamorphosis | |
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Aurora's intercession for Memnon | |
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Memnon's funeral | |
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Aeneas' flight from Troy with a band of Trojans | |
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Aeneas on Delos | |
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Anius' daughters | |
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The daughters of Orion | |
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Continuation of Aeneas' journey | |
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Scylla and Galatea: Galatea's story, the song of Polyphemus, and the metamorphosis of Acis | |
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Glaucus and Scylla | |
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Glaucus, Circe, and Scylla | |
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Aeneas' arrival at Cumae in Italy | |
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Aeneas' journey to the underworld | |
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The sybil's story | |
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Achaemenides and Macareus | |
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Achaemenides' story | |
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Macareus' story | |
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Picus | |
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Aeneas' arrival at the mouth of the Tiber, marriage to Lavinia, and war with Turnus and the Rutulians | |
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Venulus and Diomedes | |
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Diomedes' story | |
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Continuation of the war between Aeneas and Turnus | |
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Turnus' defeat | |
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The metamorphosis of Ardea | |
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The death and apotheosis of Aeneas | |
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Successors of Aeneas | |
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Pomona and Vertumnus | |
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Iphis and Anaxarete | |
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Additional successors of Aeneas, the founding of Rome, and early Roman history | |
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The apotheosis of Romulus and Hersilia | |
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Numa's journey to Croton | |
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Myscelus and the founding of Croton | |
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The teachings of Pythagoras | |
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Numa's return from Croton and his death | |
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Egeria's grief | |
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Hippolytus' story | |
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Cipus | |
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Aesculapius' arrival in Rome | |
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The apotheosis of Julius Caesar | |
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Prayer for Augustus | |
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Epilogue | |
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Notes | |
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Bibliography of Works Consulted | |
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Index | |