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Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes

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An edition of Mythology (1940)

Mythology

Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes

Warner Books Edition, First United States Paperback Printing (5)

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  • ★★★★ 4.17 ·
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  • 26 Currently reading
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MONSTERS, MORTALS, GODS, AND WARRIORS

For over fifty years readers have chosen this book above all others to discover the thrilling, enchanting, and fascinating world of Western mythology. From Odysseus's adventure-filled journey to the Norse god Odin's effort to postpone the final day of doom, Edith Hamilton's classic collection not only retells these stories with brilliant clarity but shows us how the ancients saw their own place in the world and how their themes echo in our consciousness today. An essential part of every home library, Mythology is the definitive volume for anyone who wants to know the key dramas, the primary characters, the triumphs, failures, fears, and hopes first narrated thousands of years ago—and still spellbinding to this day.

Edith Hamilton is the acclaimed author of The Greek Way and The Roman Way, which have been read by generations of readers around the world. She was made an honorary citizen of Athens in 1957.
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Manuel, Mythologie, Mythologie classique, creation myths, Golden Fleece, Trojan War, reference, Mythology, Classical Mythology, Folklore, Greek Mythology, Norse Mythology, Roman Mythology, Študije, Mitologija, Norse legends, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, Mythology, juvenile literature, Mythology, classical, Classical mythology, Mythology, greek, Creation myths, Golden fleece, Trojan war, Reference, Greek mythology, Norse mythology, Roman mythology, Reading level-grade 11, Reading level-grade 12
People
Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hades, Pallas Athena, Phoebus Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite, Hermes, Ares, Hephaestus, Earth, Heaven, Titans, Cronus, Prometheus, Dionysus, Demeter, Persephone, Eros, Furies, Fates, Odysseus, Hercules, Theseus, Jason, Perseus, Oedipus, Orestes, Paris, Helen, Hector, Aeneas, Agamemnon, Achilles, Pandora, Orpheus, Oracle at Delphi, Ariadne, Medea, Iphigenia, Medusa, Minotaur, Sphinx, Cyclopes, Polyphemus, Cerberus, Odin, Hela, Valkyries, Signy, Sigurd, Brynhild, Atreus, Cecrops, Procne, Procris, Orithyia, Creusa, Midas, Aesculapius, Danaids, Glaucus, Erysichthon, Pomona, Vertumnus, Scylla, Ion, Boreas, Cephalus, Philomela, Tantalus, Cadmus, Antigone, Niobe, Ceres, Bacchus, Io, Europa, Narcissus, Hyacinth, Adonis, Cupid, Psyche, Pyramus, Ceyx, Alcyone, Eurydice, Pygmalion, Endymion, Daphne, Alpheus, Phaethon, Pegasus, Otus, Daedalus, Atalanta, Ephialtes, Bellerophon, Arethusa, Baucis, Philemon, Galatea, Thisbe
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Europe, Greece, Rome, Troy, Italy, Athens, Thebes, Olympus
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First Sentence

"The Greeks did not believe that the gods created the universe."

Table of Contents

The Mythology of the Greeks --
The Greek and Roman Writers of Mythology --
Part 1. The Gods, the Creation, and the Earliest Heroes --
1. The Gods --
The Titans and the Twelve Great Olympians --
The Lesser Gods of Olympus --
The Gods of the Waters --
The Underworld --
The Lesser Gods of Earth --
The Roman Gods --
2. The Two Great Gods of Earth --
Demeter (Ceres) --
Dionysus or Bacchus --
3. How the World and Mankind Were Created --
4. The Earliest Heroes --
Prometheus and Io --
Europa --
The Cyclops Polyphemus --
Flower-Myths: Narcissus, Hyacinth, Adonis --
Part 2. Stories of Love and Adventure --
5. Cupid and Psyche --
6. Eight Brief Tales of Lovers --
Pyramus and Thisbe --
Orpheus and Eurydice --
Ceyx and Alcyone --
Pygmalion and Galatea --
Baucis and Philemon --
Endymion --
Daphne --
Alpheus and Arethusa --
7. The Quest of the Golden Fleece --
8. Four Great Adventures --
Phaethon --
Pegasus and Bellerophon --
Otus and Ephialtes --
Daedalus --
Part 3. The Great Heroes before the Trojan War --
9. Perseus --
10. Theseus --
11. Hercules --
12. Atalanta --
Part 4. The Heroes of the Trojan War --
13. The Trojan War --
Prologue. The Judgment of Paris --
The Trojan War --
14. The Fall of Troy --
15. The Adventures of Odysseus --
16. The Adventures of Aeneas --
Part 1. From Troy to Italy --
Part 2. The Descent into the Lower World --
Part 3. The War in Italy --
Part 5. The Great Families of Mythology --
17. The House of Atreus --
Tantalus and Niobe --
Agamemnon and His Children --
Iphigenia among the Taurians --
18. The Royal House of Thebes --
Cadmus and His Children --
Oedipus --
Antigone --
The Seven against Thebes --
19. The Royal House of Athens --
Cecrops --
Procne and Philomela --
Procris and Cephalus --
Orithyia and Boreas --
Creusa and Ion --
Part 6. The Less Important Myths --
20. Midas --
And Others --
Midas --
Aesculapius --
The Danaids --
Glaucus and Scylla --
Erysichthon --
Pomona and Vertumnus --
21. Brief Myths Arranged Alphabetically --
Part 7. The Mythology of the Norsemen --
22. The Stories of Signy and Sigurd --
23. The Norse Gods --
The Creation --
The Norse Wisdom --
Genealogical Tables.

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Copyright Date
1969

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BL310 .H3 2011

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352

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Open Library
OL26781956M
Internet Archive
mythology00edit
ISBN 10
0446607258
ISBN 13
9780446607254
LCCN
2011381353
OCLC/WorldCat
677486325, 1083990014
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0446607258
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Work Description

There has long been a need for the stories of ancient mythology written to appeal to the twentieth-century mind. Edith Hamilton's orderly and lucid presentation of Greek, Roman and Norse mythology promises the casual reader and the avid student a sound, modern and adult key to the foundation stones of world literature. Her years of study of classical literature have already produced notable books and the charm of her writing is well established by THE GREEK WAY and THE ROMAN WAY. She has not been content to be merely a reteller of tales. She has blended and organized the sometimes conflicting myths of the early storytellers, molding them with vivid clarity.

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Greek and Roman mythology is quite generally suposed to show us the way the human reace thought and felt untold ages ago.
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