The Myths of Greece & RomeCourier Corporation, 1993 M01 1 - 394 pages A classic of mythology, long prized for its accurate retelling of the principal myths of Greece and Rome, and for its commentary on their origins and significance. The collection begins with myths involving the gods — Jupiter, Apollo, Venus, Mars, others — and ends with the adventures of Ulysses and Aeneas |
Contents
I | 1 |
II | 27 |
III | 36 |
IV | 39 |
V | 44 |
VI | 73 |
VII | 82 |
VIII | 109 |
XVII | 179 |
XVIII | 184 |
XIX | 188 |
XX | 208 |
XXI | 218 |
XXII | 230 |
XXIII | 241 |
XXIV | 246 |
IX | 116 |
X | 122 |
XI | 126 |
XII | 136 |
XIII | 147 |
XIV | 158 |
XV | 171 |
XVI | 176 |
XXV | 256 |
XXVI | 261 |
XXVII | 271 |
XXVIII | 301 |
XXIX | 322 |
XXX | 340 |
Common terms and phrases
Achilles Acrisius Æneas ancients Apollo Argos arms Bacchus bade beautiful Bellerophon bright called cave Ceres chariot charms Chimæra clouds Cronus darkness daughter dawn death Deianeira Diana divinities earth Edipus Elton's tr Epimetheus escape Eurydice Eurystheus eyes fair father favour fell fire flowers G. F. Watts giants goddess gods golden Greeks Hades hand hastened heard heart heaven Hercules hero Hesiod Homer Bryant's tr honour immortal Jason journey Juno Jupiter king land Lord Leighton lover maiden marry Meleager Mercury Minerva monster mortal mother Mount myths Neptune night nymphs Olympus oracle palace Pelias Perseus personification Pluto promised Proserpina Psyche punish queen river sail seized sent shore sight slain slay soon Sophocles Sophocles Francklin's tr story suddenly suitors sweet Tartarus temple thee Theseus Thetis thou Trojans Troy Ulysses Venus vessel Virgil Conington's tr Vulcan wandered waves wife wind young youth Zephyrus
