This is a good place to start for an overview of Greek mythology. It is a highly illustrated, museum quality overview published by Editiones Haitalis, Athens. The book is a glossy full-colour publication with the illustrations and text taking equal space.
THE BOOK is divided into four chapters of unequal length: A. Cosmogony (14 pages); B. The Gods (116 pages); C. Religious Customs (12 pages) and D. The Heroes (106 pages). Each chapter is subdivided into titled sections varying in length from a single paragraph to several pages (1). The book is easy to browse and does not have to be read sequentially. The illustrations are mostly of relief sculptures, statues and painted pottery from museums in Greece and around Europe. The front cover shows Theseus fighting the Minotaur from a black-figure amphora, sixth century BC in the Louvre. This can also be seen on page 149 and the complete amphora can be seen on page 177.
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(1) Contents:
Introduction (2 pages)
A. Cosmogony (14 pages)
B. The Gods (116 pages)
C. Religious Customs (12 pages)
D. The Heroes (106 pages)
A. Cosmogony
1. The Creation of the World
2. Uranus - GE - Cronos
3. Cronos - Rhea - Zeus
4. The Battle of the Titans
5. Atlas
6. The Battle of the Giants
7. The Creation of Man
8. Deucalion’s Flood
B. The Gods
The Twelve Gods of Olympus: Zeus - Hera - Athena - Poseidon - Apollo - Artemis - Demeter (Persephone) - Hermes - Aphrodite - Ares - Hephaestus - Hestia
The Other Gods: Asclepius - The Celestial Divinities - Helios – Eos – Selene - Iris – the Harpies – the Winds - The Pleiades – the Hyades
Gods of the Earth: Hades, Charon, Pan, the Nymphs, Eros, the Graces, Hebe, the Muses, Tyche, the Fates, Themis, the Hours, Nemesis, the Furies, the Cabeiri, the Telchines
The Marine Deities: Nereus, the Neraids, Proteus, Triton, the Sirens, Scylla, Charybdis
.C. Religious Customs
1. Panhellenic Games, Olympic Games, Pythian Games, Isthmian Games, Nemean Games
2. The Oracles
D. The Heroes
1. Heracles
2. Myths of Attica
3. The Theban Myths
4. The Voyage of the Argo
5. Peleus – Thetis – Achilles
6. Thrace: Orpheus and Eurydice
7. Myths of the Argolid
8. The Trojan War
9. Odysseus – The voyage home
Index (3 pages)
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