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Cover Classical Mythology Dedication Contents Preface Maps, Figures, and “Myth & Culture” Closer Look Images and Audio Recordings About the Authors About the Companion Website PART ONE: The Myths of Creation: The Gods 1: Interpretation and Definition of Classical Mythology Appendix to Chapter 1: Sources for Classical Mythology 2: Historical Background of Greek Mythology 3: Myths of Creation 4: Zeus’ Rise to Power: The Creation of Mortals Appendix to Chapter 4: Parallels in Myths of Greece and the Ancient Near East 5: The Twelve Olympians: Zeus, Hera, and Their Children 6: The Nature of the Gods and Greek Religion 7: Poseidon, Sea Deities, Group Divinities, and Monsters 8: Athena 9: Aphrodite and Eros 10: Artemis Additional Reading: Euripides’ Hippolytus 11: Apollo Additional Reading: The Homeric Hymn to Pythian Apollo 12: Hermes 13: Dionysus, Pan, Echo, and Narcissus 14: Demeter and the Eleusinian Mysteries 15: Views of the Afterlife: The Realm of Hades 16: Orpheus and Orphism: Mystery Religions in Roman Times PART TWO: The Greek Sagas 17: The Theban Saga 18: The Mycenaean Saga Additional Reading: Orestes and the Three Electras 19: The Trojan Saga and the Iliad Appendix to Chapter 19: Meleager and the Calydonian Boar Hunt 20: The Returns and the Odyssey 21: Perseus and the Legends of Argos Appendix: Bellerophon and the Chimera 22: Heracles 23: Theseus and the Legends of Attica 24: Jason, Medea, and the Argonauts Additional Reading: Jason and Medea in Euripides PART THREE The Nature of Roman Mythology 25: Greek Mythology in the Roman World Additional Reading: Stories from Ovid’s Metamorphoses 26: Roman Mythology and Saga Glossary of Mythological Words and Phrases in English The Greek Spelling of Names A. Index of Authors, Artists, Composers, and Titles GLOSSARY/INDEX OF MYTHOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL PERSONS, PLACES, AND SUBJECTS