Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes PDF
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Copyright Copyright © 1942 by Edith Hamilton Copyright renewed © 1969 by Dorian Fielding Reid and Doris Fielding Reid Cover design by HEADCASE DESIGN Illustrations by JIM TIERNEY Cover copyright © 2017 by Hachette Book Group, Inc. Hachette Book Group supports the right to free expression and the value of copyright. The purpose of copyright is to encourage writers and artists to produce the creative works that enrich our culture. The scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book without permission is a theft of the author’s intellectual property. If you would like permission to use material from the book (other than for review purposes), please contact [email protected]. Thank you for your support of the author’s rights. BLACK DOG & LEVENTHAL PUBLISHERS Hachette Book Group 1290 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10104 www.hachettebookgroup.com www.blackdogandleventhal.com Originally published in hardcover by Little, Brown and Company, 1942 Reissued: March 2013 Anniversary edition: September 2017 Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers is an imprint of Hachette Books, a division of Hachette Book Group. The Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers name and logo are trademarks of Hachette Book Group, Inc. The publisher is not responsible for websites (or their content) that are not owned by the publisher. The Hachette Speakers Bureau provides a wide range of authors for speaking events. To find out more, go to www.HachetteSpeakersBureau.com or call (866) 376-6591. Illustrations by JIM TIERNEY ISBNs: 978-0-316-43852-0 (hardcover); 978-0-316-43853-7 (ebook) E3- 20170727-JV-PC CONTENTS Cover Title Page Copyright Illustrations Preface Introduction to Classical Mythology The Mythology of the Greeks The Greek and Roman Writers of Mythology PART ONE THE GODS, THE CREATION, AND THE EARLIEST HEROES I The Gods The Titans and the Twelve Great Olympians The Twelve Olympians Made Up a Divine Family The Lesser Gods of Olympus The Gods of the Waters The Underworld The Lesser Gods of Earth The Roman Gods II The Two Great Gods of Earth Demeter (Ceres) Dionysus or Bacchus III How the World & Mankind Were Created IV The Earliest Heroes Prometheus and Io Europa The Cyclops Polyphemus Flower-Myths: Narcissus, Hyacinth, Adonis PART TWO STORIES OF LOVE AND ADVENTURE I Cupid and Psyche II 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 III The Quest of the Golden Fleece IV Four Great Adventures Phaëthon Pegasus and Bellerophon Otus and Ephialtes Daedalus PART THREE THE GREAT HEROES BEFORE THE TROJAN WAR I Perseus II Theseus III Hercules IV Atalanta PART FOUR THE HEROES OF THE TROJAN WAR I The Trojan War Prologue: The Judgment of Paris The Trojan War II The Fall of Troy III The Adventures of Odysseus IV The Adventures of Aeneas Part I: From Troy to Italy Part II: The Descent into the Lower World Part III: The War in Italy PART FIVE THE GREAT FAMILIES OF MYTHOLOGY I The House of Atreus Tantalus and Niobe Agamemnon and His Children Iphigenia among the Taurians II The Royal House of Thebes Cadmus and His Children Oedipus Antigone The Seven against Thebes III The Royal House of Athens Cecrops Procne and Philomela Procris and Cephalus Orithyia and Boreas Creüsa and Ion PART SIX THE LESS IMPORTANT MYTHS I Midas—and Others Aesculapius The Danaïds Glaucus and Scylla Erysichthon Pomona and Vertumnus II Brief Myths Arranged Alphabetically PART SEVEN THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE NORSEMEN Introduction to Norse Mythology I The Stories of Signy & Sigurd II The Norse Gods The Creation The Norse Wisdom Newsletters ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE I: Zeus presides over his Olympus PLATE II: The rape of Persephone (Proserpine) PLATE III: Odysseus and his men encounter the Cyclops PLATE IV: Phaethon and his chariot, all on fire, falling to earth PLATE V: Medusa PLATE VI: The Minotaur and Thesus in the Labyrinth PLATE VII: Atalanta and the golden apples PLATE VIII: The journey of Odysseus PLATE IX: Aeneas and the Sibyl enter Charon’s boat PLATE X: The death of Ymir and the creation of the world
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