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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Table of Contents:
- The gods. Earth and her children ; The Titans ; The young gods rebel ; Zeus becomes king ; Persephone's story ; Demeter's wanderings ; Demeter and Persephone ; Athena, Artemis and Apollo are born ; Apollo establishes his oracle ; Hephaestus's story ; Hermes the cattle thief ; Dionysus is born, and dies, and is born again ; Dionysus and the pirates ; Aphrodite experiences desire
- Gods and mortals. Prometheus, Epimetheus and the first men ; Prometheus steals fire ; Pandora's gifts ; Lycaon tests Zeus ; The flood ; Io's story ; Phaethon drives the chariot of the sun ; Europa and the bull ; Callisto's story ; Daphne and Apollo ; Artemis and Actaeon ; Niobe and Leto ; Arachne and Athena ; Baucis and Philemon ; Hyrieus and his ox ; Orion ; Erigone and Icarius ; Apollo and Hyacinthus ; Leda and her children ; Melampus and the daughters of Proetus ; Pan and Syrinx ; Echo and Narcissus ; The greed of Midas ; Tantalus tests the gods and Pelops makes a bad decision ; Tityus and Leto ; Ixion, the Cloud and the centaurs ; The deaths of Sisyphus ; The daughters of Danaus and the sons of Egyptus ; Asclepius challenges death ; Minos and Polydius ; Minos and Scylla ; Pasiphaë and the bull ; Daedalus and Icarus ; Procne and Philomela ; Salmacis and Hermaphroditus ; Pygmalion and the statue ; Myrrha and Adonis
- Heroes. Danaë and the shower of gold ; Polydectes and the Gorgon's head ; Some weird nymphs ; Beheading Medusa ; Andromeda ; Bellerophon and Pegasus ; Stheneboea ; The chimera ; The end of Bellerophon ; Cadmus and the serpent's teeth ; Ino and Athamas ; The return of Dionysus ; The birth of Heracles ; Heracles murders his family ; The Nemean lion and the Lernaean hydra ; The Ceryneian hind and the Erymanthian boar ; The stables of Augeas and the Stymphalian birds ; The Cretan bull and the mares of Diomedes ; Alcestis ; Hippolyta's belt and the cattle of Geryon ; Cacus and the apples of the Hesperides ; A journey to the underworld ; Slave to Omphale ; A new wife and new problems ; Atalanta ; A marvelous musician ; Orpheus the Argonaut ; Eurydice ; The death of Orpheus ; Chiron and Jason ; Losing a sandal and reclaiming the kingdom ; The Lemnian women ; Heracles and Hylas ; The Harpies and the clashing rocks ; Colchis ; The tasks ; Claiming the fleece ; Circe and the Phaeacians ; Home again ; Medea in Corinth ; The Calydonian boar ; Athena's city ; Theseus travels to Athens ; A wicked stepmother ; A voyage to Crete ; The princess and the Minotaur ; Theseus becomes king ; A father's curse ; New brides ; The death of Theseus ; The birth of Oedipus ; A troubling oracle ; A riddle contest ; Revelations ; The Theban war ; Antigone
- The Trojan war. Peleus and Thetis ; The judgement of Paris ; A promise comes due ; Iphigenia ; Protesilaus and Laodamia ; Agamemnon and Achilles ; Hera deceives Zeus ; Achilles and Patroclus ; Achilles and Hector ; Achilles and Priam ; The deaths of Achilles and Ajax ; Neoptolemus and Philoctetes ; The horse ; The Trojan women
- The returns. Atreus and Thyestes ; Agamemnon's return ; Orestes's return ; A trial in Athens ; Helen and Menelaus ; Neoptolemus's return ; Odysseus and Telemachus ; Nestor and Menelaus ; Calypso ; The princess and the castaway ; A ghastly host ; Circe ; Visiting the dead ; Monstrous females ; The cattle of the sun ; Home at last ; Penelope and Odysseus ; A contest and a battle ; New lives.
