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| Introduction : myths in context | 6 | |
| Chronology of Greek myth-telling | 8 | |
| I | Contexts, sources, meanings | |
| General characteristics of Greek myths | 16 | |
| Sources of evidence | 22 | |
| Contexts for myth-telling | 28 | |
| II | Myths of origin | |
| Cosmogony | 44 | |
| Origins of humanity | 54 | |
| Local origins | 60 | |
| Bringers of culture | 62 | |
| Colonies | 64 | |
| III | The olympians : power, honour, sexuality | |
| Powers and spheres of influence | 68 | |
| Honour and boundaries | 88 | |
| Divine sexuality | 94 | |
| IV | Heroic exploits | |
| Perseus | 104 | |
| Meleager, Atalanta and the Kalydonian Boar | 106 | |
| Jason, the Argonauts and Medea | 108 | |
| Herakles | 114 | |
| Theseus and the heroic Athenian past | 124 | |
| The Trojan war | 130 | |
| V | Family sagas | |
| A house of Pelops | 148 | |
| Tereus, Prokne and Philomela | 154 | |
| Antiope and her sons | 156 | |
| Danaos and his kin | 158 | |
| Proitos, Sthenebora and Bellerophon | 160 | |
| The house of Laios | 162 | |
| Strong bonds : love between spouses | 170 | |
| Same-sex eroticism | 174 | |
| VI | A landscape of myths | |
| Mountains | 180 | |
| Caves | 184 | |
| Rivers and springs | 188 | |
| The sea | 192 | |
| Crete | 194 | |
| Troy | 200 | |
| The underworld | 206 | |
| VII | Greek myths after the Greeks | |
| How Rome re-imagined Greece | 216 | |
| The middle ages | 226 | |
| From the renaissance to the 20th century | 230 | |
| Present and future | 244 | |
| Further reading | 246 | |
| Sources of quotations | 250 | |
| Illustration credits | 251 | |
| Acknowledgments | 252 | |
| Index | 253 |
| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $99.99 | Digital |
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Juan Franco
reviewed Complete World of Greek Mythology on March 27, 2012 Complete World of Greek Mythology
Really well organized book. Meant to introduce the subject of Greek Mythology in context. Excellent for high school and early college students who want solid contextual understanding of this subject.
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