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Greek & Roman Mythology

No mythological system has been more relentlessly read, painted, sculpted, staged, and rewritten than the Greek. Two and a half millennia of European art...

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No mythological system has been more relentlessly read, painted, sculpted, staged, and rewritten than the Greek. Two and a half millennia of European art assumes you know who Hera is and what Achilles did wrong. Key sections include: Greek & Roman.; Opening The first stories Europe told.; Chapter I From Chaos to Olympus.; Chapter II The Olympians.; Chapter III Hades and Persephone.; Chapter IV Heracles.; Chapter V Theseus and the Minotaur.; Chapter VI Perseus and Medusa.; Chapter VII Jason and the Golden Fleece.; Chapter VIII Orpheus and Eurydice..

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  1. 01Greek & Roman.
  2. 02Opening The first stories Europe told.
  3. 03Chapter I From Chaos to Olympus.
  4. 04Chapter II The Olympians.
  5. 05Chapter III Hades and Persephone.
  6. 06Chapter IV Heracles.
  7. 07Chapter V Theseus and the Minotaur.
  8. 08Chapter VI Perseus and Medusa.
  9. 09Chapter VII Jason and the Golden Fleece.
  10. 10Chapter VIII Orpheus and Eurydice.
  11. 11Chapter IX The Theban cycle.
  12. 12Chapter X The Trojan war.
  13. 13Chapter XI The nostoi.
  14. 14Chapter XII Hesiod and the five ages.
  15. 15Chapter XIII Ovid as transmitter.
  16. 16Chapter XIV The handbook tradition.
  17. 17Chapter XV Rome inherits.
  18. 18Chapter XVI Aeneas and Roman foundation.
  19. 19Chapter XVII Romulus and the founding.
  20. 20Chapter XVIII Cupid and Psyche.
  21. 21Chapter XIX Eleusis, Dionysos, Mithras.
  22. 22Chapter XX What was here first.
  23. 23Chapter XXI The painters' Ovid.
  24. 24Chapter XXII Myth on the tragic stage.
  25. 25Chapter XXIII The 21st-century reworkings.
  26. 26Chapter XXIV Twenty-five.
  27. 27Chapter XXV Watch & read.
  28. 28Chapter XXVI Why we still read these.
  29. 29Chapter XXVII How to begin.
  30. 30The end of the deck.
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