The Greek myths : stories of the Greek gods and heroes vividly retold/ Robin Waterfield; Kathryn Waterfield

By:

Waterfield, Robin, 1952-

Contributor(s):

Waterfield, Kathryn

Language: eng Publication details: New York : Metro Books, 2011Description: 319 p.: ill.; 25 cmISBN:

9781435132429

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

BL 783 W325g 2011

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Hope For Humankind -- The Population of the Earth -- 2. The Ascent Of The Olympian Gods -- In the Beginning -- War against the Titans -- War against the Giants -- Zeus and His Brothers -- 3. The Gods Of Olympus -- Zeus the King -- Hera -- Hestia -- Demeter -- Aphrodite -- Ares -- Hephaestus -- Athena -- Apollo -- Artemis -- Hermes -- Dionysus -- 4. The Age Of Heroes -- The Flood -- The Line of Deucalion -- The Argonauts and the Golden Fleece -- The Calydonian Boar Hunt -- Io and the Danaids -- Perseus and the Gorgon -- Bellerophon -- 5. Thebes In The Age Of Heroes -- Cadmus, Europa, and the Foundation of Thebes -- Oedipus -- The Seven against Thebes -- 6. Mycenae In The Age Of Heroes -- The Curse of the House of Atreus -- Atreus and Thyestes -- The End of the Atreid Curse -- 7. Athens In The Age Of Heroes -- The First Athenian Kings -- The Labours of Theseus -- Theseus and the Minotaur -- King Theseus -- 8. Heracles -- The Birth of Heracles. Contents note continued: The Twelve Labours of Heracles -- Heracles the King-Maker -- Heracles Becomes a God -- 9. The Trojan War -- The Marriage of Peleus and Thetis -- The Judgement of Paris -- The Abduction of Helen -- The Greeks Prepare for War -- The Greek Landing -- Achilles Withdraws -- Agamemnon's Dream -- Menelaus and Paris -- Diomedes' Day of Glory -- Hector Triumphant -- Envoys and Spies -- The Assault on the Ships -- The Deception of Zeus -- The Death of Patroclus -- The Return of Achilles -- The Death of Hector -- Two Funerals -- The Death of Achilles -- The Wooden Horse -- The Fall of Troy -- 10. Odysseus' Return -- Trouble on Ithaca -- Telemachus' Journey -- Odysseus on Scheria -- The Cyclops Polyphemus -- Aeolus, the Laestrygonians, and Circe -- The Underworld -- Dangers at Sea -- The Cattle of the Sun -- Odysseus Reaches Ithaca -- At the Swineherd's Hut -- In the Palace -- Penelope Meets the Beggar -- Vengeance -- Reunion -- 11. The End Of Hope -- Pandora.

Summary: The myths told by the Greeks are as important as their history for our understanding of what they believed, thought and felt, and of what they expressed in writing and visual art. Mythology was inextricably interwoven with the entire fabric of their public and private lives.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	BL 783 W325g 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000143995

Machine generated contents note: 1. Hope For Humankind --
The Population of the Earth --
2. The Ascent Of The Olympian Gods --
In the Beginning --
War against the Titans --
War against the Giants --
Zeus and His Brothers --
3. The Gods Of Olympus --
Zeus the King --
Hera --
Hestia --
Demeter --
Aphrodite --
Ares --
Hephaestus --
Athena --
Apollo --
Artemis --
Hermes --
Dionysus --
4. The Age Of Heroes --
The Flood --
The Line of Deucalion --
The Argonauts and the Golden Fleece --
The Calydonian Boar Hunt --
Io and the Danaids --
Perseus and the Gorgon --
Bellerophon --
5. Thebes In The Age Of Heroes --
Cadmus, Europa, and the Foundation of Thebes --
Oedipus --
The Seven against Thebes --
6. Mycenae In The Age Of Heroes --
The Curse of the House of Atreus --
Atreus and Thyestes --
The End of the Atreid Curse --
7. Athens In The Age Of Heroes --
The First Athenian Kings --
The Labours of Theseus --
Theseus and the Minotaur --
King Theseus --
8. Heracles --
The Birth of Heracles. Contents note continued: The Twelve Labours of Heracles --
Heracles the King-Maker --
Heracles Becomes a God --
9. The Trojan War --
The Marriage of Peleus and Thetis --
The Judgement of Paris --
The Abduction of Helen --
The Greeks Prepare for War --
The Greek Landing --
Achilles Withdraws --
Agamemnon's Dream --
Menelaus and Paris --
Diomedes' Day of Glory --
Hector Triumphant --
Envoys and Spies --
The Assault on the Ships --
The Deception of Zeus --
The Death of Patroclus --
The Return of Achilles --
The Death of Hector --
Two Funerals --
The Death of Achilles --
The Wooden Horse --
The Fall of Troy --
10. Odysseus' Return --
Trouble on Ithaca --
Telemachus' Journey --
Odysseus on Scheria --
The Cyclops Polyphemus --
Aeolus, the Laestrygonians, and Circe --
The Underworld --
Dangers at Sea --
The Cattle of the Sun --
Odysseus Reaches Ithaca --
At the Swineherd's Hut --
In the Palace --
Penelope Meets the Beggar --
Vengeance --
Reunion --
11. The End Of Hope --
Pandora.

The myths told by the Greeks are as important as their history for our understanding of what they believed, thought and felt, and of what they expressed in writing and visual art. Mythology was inextricably interwoven with the entire fabric of their public and private lives.

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