Titans and Olympians Greek & Roman myth
The ancient Greeks and Romans created two of the most incredible and enduring cultures known to humanity. They also created a pantheon of gods and a rich body of mythology that has survived for centuries. Among these powerful myths is the story of Athena, the goddess of battle, who sprang from Zeus'...
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Amsterdam :
Time-Life,
©1997.
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| Series: | Myth and mankind.
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Table of Contents:
- The Classical world. The gods of the Greeks
- The rise of Rome
- Picture essay: The Olympic games
- The origins of the world. Chaos and its offspring
- The children of the earth and heavens
- The castration of Uranus
- The birth of Zeus
- The battles of the gods
- The ages of humankind
- The first family of Olympus. Olympus: Dwelling of the gods
- The first couple: Zeus and Hera
- Poseidon, god of the oceans
- Hades, god of the underworld
- Demeter: a tale of rebirth
- Picture essay: The Renaissance and the gods
- Aphrodite, goddess of love
- The second generation. Athena, goddess of good counsel
- Picture essay: The city on the hill
- Artemis, virgin huntress
- Apollo, god of light
- Hephaestus, the heavenly craftsman
- Ares, god of war
- Dionysus, god of the grape
- A family tree of the gods and goddesses
- Gods and the life of humankind. Hermes, fleet of foot
- Gods of hearth and home
- The path through life
- The realm of the shades
- Picture essay: The volcanic museum
- Stories of love and transformation. Cupid and Psyche: an allegory of love
- The uses of transformation
- Aphrodite and Adonis: a myth of love and death
- The sad tale of Echo and Narcissus
- Baucis and Philemon: virtue rewarded
- The legacy of the Olympians.
