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A brief guide to the Greek myths / Stephen P. Kershaw.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Brief guide seriesPublication details: London : Robinson, 2007.Description: viii, 531 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781845295127 (pbk.)
  • 1845295129 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 398.20938
  • 292.13
LOC classification:
  • BL 783 K41b 2007
Contents:
Sect. 1. Myths and mythology -- Sect. 2. From the primal void to a lost continent : the main Greek myths -- 1. From chaos and castration to order : the birth of the gods -- 2. Apollo and Artemis : music, love and hunting -- 3. The creation of man and woman; the great flood; transgressors and heroines -- 4. Jason and the Argonauts; Medeia -- 5. Argos and the monster-slayers -- 6. Herakles : the greatest of the heroes -- 7. Thebes and Oidipous -- 8. From Atlas to Hektor -- 9. From Asopos to Akhilleus -- 10. Athens : the early kings -- 11. Theseus and the Minotaur -- 12. Curses and cannibalism : the house of Pelops -- 13. The Trojan War -- 14. Homer's Iliad : the wrath of Akhilleus -- 15. The wooden horse and the sack of Troy -- 16. The returns of the heroes -- 17. The Odyssey and its sequels -- 18. Plato and the myth of Atlantis -- Sect. 3. Some approaches to Greek mythology.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) BL 783 K41b 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000073052

Includes bibliographical references (p. [469]-518) and index.

Subtitle on cover: Gods, monsters, heroes and the origins of storytelling.

Sect. 1. Myths and mythology -- Sect. 2. From the primal void to a lost continent : the main Greek myths -- 1. From chaos and castration to order : the birth of the gods -- 2. Apollo and Artemis : music, love and hunting -- 3. The creation of man and woman; the great flood; transgressors and heroines -- 4. Jason and the Argonauts; Medeia -- 5. Argos and the monster-slayers -- 6. Herakles : the greatest of the heroes -- 7. Thebes and Oidipous -- 8. From Atlas to Hektor -- 9. From Asopos to Akhilleus -- 10. Athens : the early kings -- 11. Theseus and the Minotaur -- 12. Curses and cannibalism : the house of Pelops -- 13. The Trojan War -- 14. Homer's Iliad : the wrath of Akhilleus -- 15. The wooden horse and the sack of Troy -- 16. The returns of the heroes -- 17. The Odyssey and its sequels -- 18. Plato and the myth of Atlantis -- Sect. 3. Some approaches to Greek mythology.

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