ISBN:
9781787552593
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (527 pages)
Series Statement:
Gothic Fantasy
Series Statement:
Gothic Fantasy Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Buxton, Richard Greek Myths & Tales : Epic Tales
DDC:
398.20938
Keywords:
Mythology, Greek
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Electronic books
Abstract:
A potent pantheon of gods, heroes engaged in epic battles, fearsome mythical creatures and supernatural transformations - such fantastical elements infuse Greek myths with a wonder and excitement that's hard to beat. These tales of love, courage and intrigue, shared for thousands of years, still exercise a powerful influence on our modern lives
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword: -- Greek Mythology -- The Beginning -- Chaos and Nyx -- The Egg Myth -- The Titans -- The Birth of Zeus -- The Giants' War -- Prometheus -- Pandora -- The Great Deluge -- The Major Olympian Gods -- Zeus -- Hera -- Hestia -- Poseidon -- Demeter -- Artemis -- Phoebus-Apollo -- Pallas-Athene -- Ares -- Hephaestus -- Dionysus -- Hermes -- Aphrodite -- Other Divinities -- Hades -- Themis -- Helios -- Eos -- Selene -- Eros -- Nike -- Divine Punishment -- The Muses -- The Graces -- The Fates -- Nyx and Her Progeny -- Asclepius -- Sea Divinities -- Pan -- The Nymphs -- Perseus the Gorgon-Slayer -- How Perseus and His Mother Came to Seriphos -- How Perseus Vowed a Rash Vow -- How Perseus Slew the Gorgon -- How Perseus Came to the Aethiops -- How Perseus Came Home Again -- The Adventures of Heracles -- Young Heracles -- Heracles and Eurystheus -- The Twelve Tasks -- Heracles' Freedom -- The Death of Heracles -- The Heraclidae -- Jason and the Argonauts -- How the Centaur Trained the Heroes on Pelion -- How Jason Lost His Sandal in Anauros -- How They Built the Ship Argo in Iolcos -- How the Argonauts Sailed to Colchis -- How the Argonauts Were Driven into the Unknown Sea -- The End of the Heroes -- Tales of Theseus -- The Wedding Of Aethra -- The Boyhood of Theseus -- Adventures of Theseus -- Theseus Finds His Father -- Heralds Come for Tribute -- Theseus in Crete -- The Slaying of the Minotaur -- The Theban Cycle -- Cadmus -- Oedipus -- The Seven Against Thebes -- The Epigoni -- Alcamaeon and the Necklace -- Tales of Troy -- The Judgement of Paris -- The Wooing of Helen of the Fair Hands -- The Stealing of Helen -- Trojan Victories -- Battle at the Ships -- The Slaying and Avenging of Patroclus -- The Ransoming of Hector -- How Odysseus Stole the Luck of Troy -- The Death of Achilles
Abstract:
Odysseus Sails to Seek the Son of Achilles -- The Slaying of Paris -- How Odysseus Invented the Wooden Horse -- The End of Troy and the Saving of Helen -- Homer's The Odyssey -- The Telemachia -- The Wanderings -- The Return to Ithaca -- Crime & Punishment -- Tartarus -- The Punishments of Apollo -- The Calydonian Boar Hunt -- The Cattle of Admetus -- Myths of Love & Courage -- Orpheus and Eurydice -- Echo and Narcissus -- Icarus and Daedalus -- Bellerephon -- Pelops -- Ion -- Philemon and Baucis -- Loves of the Gods -- Eros and Psyche -- The Rape of Persephone -- Zeus' Affairs -- The Loves of Helios -- Eos and Tithonus -- The Loves of Apollo -- Dionysus and Ariadne -- The Link to Roman Mythology -- The Birth of Roman Mythology -- Adventures of Aeneas -- Biographies -- Text Sources -- FLAME TREE PUBLISHING
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