Gods and mortals ancient Greek myths for modern readers
"An enticing and entrancing new telling of ancient Greek myths. Gripping tales that abound with fantastic characters and astonishing twists and turns, Greek myths confront what it means to be mortal in a world of powerful forces beyond human control. Little wonder that they continue to fascinate rea...
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| 100 | 1 | |a Johnston, Sarah Iles, |d 1957- |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Gods and mortals : |b ancient Greek myths for modern readers / |c Sarah Iles Johnston ; with illustrations by Tristan Johnston. |
| 246 | 3 | 0 | |a Ancient Greek myths for modern readers |
| 264 | 1 | |a Princeton : |b Princeton University Press, |c [2023] | |
| 300 | |a xiii, 477 pages : |b illustrations, maps ; |c 25 cm | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
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| 338 | |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t The gods. |t Earth and her children ; |t The Titans ; |t The young gods rebel ; |t Zeus becomes king ; |t Persephone's story ; |t Demeter's wanderings ; |t Demeter and |t Persephone ; |t Athena, Artemis and Apollo are born ; |t Apollo establishes his oracle ; |t Hephaestus's story ; |t Hermes the cattle thief ; |t Dionysus is born, and dies, and is born again ; |t Dionysus and the pirates ; |t Aphrodite experiences desire -- |t Gods and mortals. |t Prometheus, Epimetheus and the first men ; Prometheus steals fire ; |t Pandora's gifts ; |t Lycaon tests Zeus ; |t The flood ; |t Io's story ; |t Phaethon drives the chariot of the sun ; |t Europa and the bull ; |t Callisto's story ; |t Daphne and Apollo ; |t Artemis and Actaeon ; |t Niobe and Leto ; |t Arachne and Athena ; |t Baucis and Philemon ; |t Hyrieus and his ox ; |t Orion ; |t Erigone and Icarius ; |t Apollo and Hyacinthus ; |t Leda and her children ; |t Melampus and the daughters of Proetus ; |t Pan and Syrinx ; |t Echo and Narcissus ; |t The greed of Midas ; |t Tantalus tests the gods and Pelops makes a bad decision ; |t Tityus and Leto ; |t Ixion, the Cloud and the centaurs ; |t The deaths of Sisyphus ; |t The daughters of Danaus and the sons of Egyptus ; |t Asclepius challenges death ; |t Minos and Polydius ; |t Minos and Scylla ; |t Pasiphaë and the bull ; |t Daedalus and Icarus ; |t Procne and Philomela ; |t Salmacis and Hermaphroditus ; |t Pygmalion and the statue ; |t Myrrha and Adonis -- |t Heroes. |t Danaë and the shower of gold ; |t Polydectes and the Gorgon's head ; |t Some weird nymphs ; |t Beheading Medusa ; |t Andromeda ; |t Bellerophon and Pegasus ; |t Stheneboea ; |t The chimera ; |t The end of Bellerophon ; |t Cadmus and the serpent's teeth ; |t Ino and Athamas ; |t The return of Dionysus ; |t The birth of Heracles ; |t Heracles murders his family ; |t The Nemean lion and the Lernaean hydra ; |t The Ceryneian hind and the Erymanthian boar ; |t The stables of Augeas and the Stymphalian birds ; |t The Cretan bull and the mares of Diomedes ; |t Alcestis ; |t Hippolyta's belt and the cattle of Geryon ; |t Cacus and the apples of the Hesperides ; |t A journey to the underworld ; |t Slave to Omphale ; |t A new wife and new problems ; |t Atalanta ; |t A marvelous musician ; |t Orpheus the Argonaut ; |t Eurydice ; |t The death of Orpheus ; |t Chiron and Jason ; |t Losing a sandal and reclaiming the kingdom ; |t The Lemnian women ; |t Heracles and Hylas ; |t The Harpies and the clashing rocks ; |t Colchis ; |t The tasks ; |t Claiming the fleece ; |t Circe and the Phaeacians ; |t Home again ; |t Medea in Corinth ; |t The Calydonian boar ; |t Athena's city ; |t Theseus travels to Athens ; |t A wicked stepmother ; |t A voyage to Crete ; |t The princess and the Minotaur ; |t Theseus becomes king ; |t A father's curse ; |t New brides ; |t The death of Theseus ; |t The birth of Oedipus ; |t A troubling oracle ; |t A riddle contest ; |t Revelations ; |t The Theban war ; |t Antigone -- |t The Trojan war. |t Peleus and Thetis ; |t The judgement of Paris ; |t A promise comes due ; |t Iphigenia ; |t Protesilaus and Laodamia ; |t Agamemnon and Achilles ; |t Hera deceives Zeus ; |t Achilles and Patroclus ; |t Achilles and Hector ; |t Achilles and Priam ; |t The deaths of Achilles and Ajax ; |t Neoptolemus and Philoctetes ; |t The horse ; |t The Trojan women -- |t The returns. |t Atreus and Thyestes ; |t Agamemnon's return ; |t Orestes's return ; |t A trial in Athens ; |t Helen and Menelaus ; |t Neoptolemus's return ; |t Odysseus and Telemachus ; |t Nestor and Menelaus ; |t Calypso ; |t The princess and the castaway ; |t A ghastly host ; |t Circe ; |t Visiting the dead ; |t Monstrous females ; |t The cattle of the sun ; |t Home at last ; |t Penelope and Odysseus ; |t A contest and a battle ; |t New lives. |
| 520 | |a "An enticing and entrancing new telling of ancient Greek myths. Gripping tales that abound with fantastic characters and astonishing twists and turns, Greek myths confront what it means to be mortal in a world of powerful forces beyond human control. Little wonder that they continue to fascinate readers thousands of years after they were first told. Gods and Mortals is a major new telling of ancient Greek myths by one of the world's preeminent experts. In a fresh, vibrant, and compelling style that draws readers into the lives of the characters, Sarah Iles Johnston offers new narrations of all the best-known tales as well as others that are seldom told, taking readers on an enthralling journey from the origin of the cosmos to the aftermath of the Trojan War. Some of the mortals in these stories are cursed by the gods, while luckier ones are blessed with resourcefulness and resilience. Gods transform themselves into animals, humans, and shimmering gold to visit the earth in disguise-where they sometimes transform offending mortals into new forms, too: a wolf, a spider, a craggy rock. Other mortals-both women and men-use their wits and strength to conquer the monsters created by the gods-gorgons, dragons, harpies, fire-breathing bulls. Featuring captivating original illustrations by Tristan Johnston, Gods and Mortals highlights the rich connections between the different characters and stories, draws attention to the often-overlooked perspectives of female characters, and stays true both to the tales and to the world in which ancient people lived. The result is an engaging and entertaining new take on the Greek myths"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Mythology, Greek. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Mythology, Classical. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Gods, Greek. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Heroes |x Mythology |z Greece. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Legends |z Greece. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Johnston, Tristan, |e illustrator. | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |a Johnston, Sarah Iles, 1957- |t Gods and mortals |d Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2022] |z 9780691239880 |w (DLC) 2021055633 |
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