Greek mythology

著者

• Servi, Katherina

書誌事項

Greek mythology

Katerina Servi ; [translation, Cox & Solomon]

Ekdotike Athenon, 2000

タイトル別名

Greek mythology : Gods & heroes, the Trojan War, the Odyssey

注記

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Greek myth owes its immortality - often in many varied versions - to the fact that it was cultivated for at least fourteen centuries in the places where it was born by a host of epic, lyric and dramatic poets, who wished to make of it a vehicle for the ideals of the Greek world. Many typical features of the Greek spirit are imprinted on the myth - a tendency towards competition, the affirmation of life, the worship of beauty, and the interest of the Greeks in man as man, leading to the creation of an idealised picture of him, which served to promote rules of life of general authority.A great many people from one end of the earth to the other have a mythology of gods and heroes. It is, however, only ancient Greek mythology which, thanks to its quality, has transcended every geographical and chronological frontier and has become a possession of the human spirit as a whole.The purpose of this volume is to provide a Mythology which is not addressed only to specialists - though without losing its scholarly character - but which will be accessible to a wide range of the public; a Mythology which will be read with pleasure by children and adults, by scholars and intellectuals, but also by ordinary people who, without any interest in the specialist questions of academic research, wish to be entertained by discovering what stories the ancient Greeks told about their gods and heroes and to enjoy in a straightforward manner the beauty of the ancient myths.

目次

• Prefix, Page 5
• COSMOGONY, Page 6
• Theogony, Page 10
• Cronus rules the world, Page 12
• The battle of the Titans, Page 14
• The battle of the Giants, Page 16
• Typhon, Page 18
• The races of man, Page 20
• Prometheus, the benefactor of mankind, Page 22
• THE GODS, Page 24
• Zeus, father of gods and men, Page 26
• The love life of Zeus, Page 28
• Hera, first lady of Olympus, Page 30
• Athena, goddess of wisdom, Page 32
• Poseidon, lord of the seas, Page 34
• Demeter, patron of farming, Page 36
• Apollo, god of light, Page 38
• Escapades of Apollo, Page 40
• Artemis, goddess of the hunt, Page 42
• Hermes, messenger of the gods, Page 44
• Ares, god of war, Page 46
• Aphrodite, goddess of beauty and of love, Page 48
• Hephaestus, god of metalwork, Page 50
• Dionysus, god of wine, Page 52
• Asclepius, god of medicine, Page 54
• Gods of the Underworld, Page 56
• Lesser gods, Page 58
• THE HEROES, Page 62
• Heracles, Page 64
• The early years of Heracles, Page 66
• 'Heracles Furens', Page 68
• Labours of Heracles in the Peloponnese, Page 70
• Labours of Heracles at the ends of the earth, Page 74
• Other feats of Heracles, Page 78
• The end of Heracles, Page 80
• Theseus, Page 84
• Theseus on the way to Athens, Page 86
• Theseus in the palace of Aegeus, Page 88
• Theseus and the Minotaur, Page 90
• Theseus as king, Page 92
• Jason, Page 94
• The Golden Fleece, Page 96
• The Expedition of the Argonauts, Page 98
• Jason at Colchis, Page 100
• The return of the Argo, Page 102
• Jason and Medea, Page 104
• Perseus, Page 108
• Perseus and Medusa, Page 110. Cadmus, founder of Thebes, Page 112
• The children of Cadmus, Page 114
• Oedipus, Page 116
• Oedipus, King of Thebes, Page 118
• Oedipus at Colonus, Page 120
• Antigone and Ismene, Page 122
• Bellerophon, Page 124
• Meleager and the hunting of the Calydonian Boar, Page 126
• Pelops, Page 128
• THE TROJAN WAR, Page 130
• The marriage of Peleus and Thetis, Page 132
• Helen, Page 134
• The Mobilization, Page 136
• The Achaeans, Page 138
• The Trojans, Page 140
• The beginning of the Campaign, Page 142
• The wrath of Achilles, Page 144
• The death of Patroclus, Page 146
• Hector and Achilles, Page 150
• The end of Achilles, Page 152
• Philoctetes and Neoptolemus at Troy, Page 154
• The fall of Troy, Page 156
• The return of the heroes, Page 158
• The murder of Agamemnon and the revenge of Orestes, Page160
• THE ODYSSEY, Page 162
• Among the Cicones, the Lotus-eaters, and in the land of the Cyclopes, Page 164
• From the island of Aeolus to the island of Circe, Page 166
• Odysseus in Hades, Page 168
• From the Sirens to Thrinacia, Page 170
• From the island of Calypso to the island of the Phaeacians, Page 172
• Odysseus on Ithaca, Page 174
• Index, Page 176
• Sources of illustration, Page 180
• Map, Page 182.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA50882947
• ISBN:
  • 9602133732
• 出版国コード: gr
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 原本言語コード: und
• 出版地: Athens
• ページ数/冊数: 181 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm