Synopses & Reviews
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
Synopsis
A classic of mythology, generously illustrated, long prized for its accurate retelling of the principal myths of Greece and Rome, and for its commentary on their origins and significance.
Synopsis
This generously illustrated book of classical myths has become a classic itself, long prized for its simple, graphic, accurate retelling of the principal myths of Greece and Rome, and for its commentary on their origins and significance. The myths, as H. A. Guerber observes in her preface, have inspired so much of the best thought in English literature that a knowledge of them is often essential to the understanding of what we need.
But we have also come to love these stories of Pandora, of Echo and Narcissus, Orpheus and Eurydice, Jason, Hercules, Circe, Helen of Troy, and countless others for their own rich aesthetic qualities, and for their power to stir our imaginations. And today we are learning to look more closely at all mythologies for what they reveal to us of basic human nature and human aspiration.
Beginning with myths involving the gods -- Jupiter, Juno, Minerva, Apollo, Diana, Venus, Mercury, Mars, and others -- and ending with the adventures of Ulysses and Aeneas, this rich assembly offers hours of compelling reading and abundant insight into one of the fundamental mythologies underlying Western culture. Sixty-four illustrations by such masters as Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, Rubens, Canova, and Bernini add further classic touches to this time-honored work, which also includes an invaluable genealogical table and a map showing the location of the myths.
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis
A classic of mythology, generously illustrated, long prized for its accurate retelling of the principal myths of Greece and Rome, and for its commentary on their origins and significance.
Table of Contents
CHAP.
I. THE BEGINNING
II. JUPITER
III. JUNO
IV. MINERVA
V. APOLLO
VI. DIANA
VII. VENUS
VIII. MERCURY
IX. MARS
X. VULCAN
XI. NEPTUNE
XII. PLUTO
XIII. BACCHUS
XIV. CERES AND PROSERPINA
XV. VESTA
XVI. JANUS
XVII. SOMNUS AND MORS
XVIII. ÆOLUS
XIX. HERCULES
XX. PERSEUS
XXI. THESEUS
XXII. JASON
XXIII. THE CALYDONIAN HUNT
XXIV. ŒDIPUS
XXV. BELLEROPHON
XXVI. MINOR DIVINITIES
XXVII. THE TROJAN WAR
XXVIII. ADVENTURES OF ULYSSES
XXIX. ADVENTURES OF ÆNEAS
XXX. ANALYSIS OF MYTHS
GENEALOGICAL TABLE
MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF MYTHS
INDEX TO POETICAL QUOTATIONS
GLOSSARY AND INDEX