The Everything Classical Mythology Book
by Conner, NancyFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-02-10
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Summary
Romance, betrayal, passion, tragedy, violence, and scandal.No, it’s not the latest reality TV search for love—it’s classical mythology. For years, people have turned to the ancient Greek and Roman myths for entertaining reading, unbelievable storylines, unique characters, and unparalleled drama. This guide explains the great stories and how they still influence literature, entertainment, and everyday life. From heroes and heroines to monsters and villains, this entertaining guide covers it all. Inside, you will learn how: The Greeks defeated the Titans Odysseus tricked the Cyclops Hercules accomplished the twelve labors Peruses slew Medusa The Greeks bested the Trojans Hades abducted Persephone Bellerophon killed the Chimera With an easy reference chart of the gods and goddesses and their interrelations, this action-packed book helps you bring classical mythology to life!
Author Biography
Nancy Conner, PhD (Ithaca, NY) is a freelance writer, academic, and novelist. As a professor at Brown University, Auburn University, and Phillips Academy, she taught a wide range of classes in early literature and mythology, including the popular course Monsters and Heroes. Nancy has written books for the Missing Manuals series and 4 Everyone series, as well as custom corporate publications for the Dummies series. Connor also has two fantasy novels coming out, one in 2010 and the other in 2011.
Table of Contents
| The Top Ten Most Intriguing Myths | p. x |
| Introduction | p. xi |
| What Are Myths For? | p. 1 |
| What Is a Myth? | p. 2 |
| The Sacred Myth | p. 4 |
| Answering the Unknown | p. 6 |
| Establishing Order | p. 8 |
| Emotion Overload | p. 10 |
| The Ideal | p. 11 |
| Storytelling | p. 13 |
| Classical Myth-Makers | p. 17 |
| Homer: The Blind Bard | p. 18 |
| Hesiod: Morals Can Be Fun | p. 19 |
| Aeschylus: Tragic Justice | p. 21 |
| Sophocles: The Greatest Tragedian? | p. 23 |
| Euripides: The Dramatist as Philosopher | p. 24 |
| Virgil: Rome's National Poet | p. 26 |
| Ovid: The More Things Changeà | p. 27 |
| Other Storytellers You Should Know | p. 29 |
| Out of Chaos: Creation | p. 31 |
| In the Beginning Was Chaos | p. 32 |
| Giving Personality to Nature | p. 33 |
| And Then There Was Man | p. 35 |
| Prometheus and the Gift of Fire | p. 35 |
| Welcoming the Woman | p. 36 |
| Sun, Moon, and Dawn | p. 37 |
| The World and Humanity's Place in It | p. 39 |
| The Children of Mother Earth | p. 41 |
| Children of Pontus | p. 42 |
| The Hundred-Handed Ones | p. 44 |
| One-Eyed Wonders | p. 44 |
| Titanic Offspring | p. 45 |
| Uranus Overthrown | p. 46 |
| Cronus Crowned as Ruler | p. 47 |
| Zeus's Childhood | p. 48 |
| The Battle with the Titans | p. 49 |
| Zeus Takes Charge | p. 50 |
| Introducing the Olympians | p. 53 |
| The Original Six | p. 54 |
| A Dozen Distinguished Deities | p. 55 |
| Mount Olympus | p. 59 |
| Law and Order, Olympian Style | p. 60 |
| Mutiny on Mount Olympus | p. 61 |
| War with the Giants | p. 63 |
| The Scariest Monster of All | p. 64 |
| Zeus and Hera: A Marriage Made in Heaven | p. 67 |
| The Seventh Lover | p. 68 |
| A Grand Wedding | p. 70 |
| The Children of Zeus and Hera | p. 71 |
| Zeus's Love Affairs | p. 72 |
| The Wrath of Hera | p. 77 |
| A Lover's Spat | p. 78 |
| Poseidon: Sovereign of the Sea | p. 79 |
| The Power of Poseidon | p. 80 |
| That City Is Mine! | p. 80 |
| Wanted: One Queen | p. 82 |
| Poseidon's Lovers | p. 84 |
| Poseidon and the Trojans | p. 87 |
| Poseidon Could Be a Nice Guy, Too (Well, Sometimes) | p. 88 |
| The Dark Prince | p. 91 |
| A Private God | p. 92 |
| The Abduction of Persephone | p. 92 |
| The House of Hades | p. 93 |
| The Main Regions of the Underworld | p. 95 |
| The Judges and the Judged | p. 97 |
| Escaping Death | p. 98 |
| Chasing the Secrets of the Underworld | p. 102 |
| Demeter and Hestia: Home Is Where the Heart Is | p. 103 |
| Demeter | p. 104 |
| Demeter's Love Affairs | p. 105 |
| Wandering the Countryside | p. 107 |
| Still a Mystery: Eleusinian Rites | p. 109 |
| Hestia Honored | p. 109 |
| Hestia's Unsuitable Suitors | p. 110 |
| The Vestal Virgins | p. 111 |
| Ares and the Art of War | p. 115 |
| A Detestable Deity | p. 116 |
| The God of War in Love | p. 117 |
| Amazon Warriors | p. 120 |
| Sibling Rivalry: Ares Versus Athena | p. 122 |
| Tried for Murder | p. 123 |
| Ares Imprisoned | p. 124 |
| Athena: The Peaceful Warrior | p. 127 |
| The Birth of Athena | p. 128 |
| Almighty Athena | p. 128 |
| Athenian Cults | p. 129 |
| Athena the Inventor | p. 131 |
| A Hero's Best Friend | p. 131 |
| Athena's Other Stories | p. 134 |
| Artemis: The Thrill of the Hunt | p. 137 |
| Lady of the Wild | p. 138 |
| An Overprotective Daughter | p. 139 |
| Artemis Takes Offense | p. 140 |
| The Eternal Virgin | p. 143 |
| The Many Deaths of Orion | p. 144 |
| Wild but Loyal | p. 145 |
| Apollo: A (Mostly) Civilized God | p. 147 |
| Tall, Dark, and Handsome | p. 148 |
| God of Music | p. 148 |
| The Playboy | p. 149 |
| Unlucky in Love | p. 151 |
| Tragic Love | p. 154 |
| A Mortal's Slave | p. 155 |
| Delphi: Pythian Games and a Tricky Oracle | p. 157 |
| Hermes: Swift as the Wind | p. 159 |
| A Child's First Prank | p. 160 |
| Take a Message | p. 162 |
| Reconciling with Hera | p. 164 |
| More Than a Messenger | p. 164 |
| Bad-Boy Attraction | p. 166 |
| A God of Many Myths | p. 168 |
| Erotic Aphrodite and Hardworking Hephaestus | p. 169 |
| The Queen of Hearts | p. 170 |
| A Master Craftsman | p. 171 |
| Beauty and the Beast | p. 173 |
| A Goddess in Love | p. 174 |
| Love's Helping Hand | p. 177 |
| Partying with Dionysus | p. 179 |
| The Twice-Born God | p. 180 |
| Dionysus Driven Mad | p. 181 |
| The Rites of Dionysus | p. 182 |
| Dionysus Takes a Wife | p. 183 |
| Madness Unleashed | p. 183 |
| The Golden Touch | p. 186 |
| Joining the Olympians | p. 187 |
| The Lesser Gods | p. 189 |
| The Muses: Goddesses of the Arts | p. 190 |
| The Charites: Beauty, Grace, and Friendship | p. 191 |
| The Satyrs: Lusty Appetites | p. 191 |
| The Nymphs: Beautiful Spirits of Nature | p. 192 |
| Pan: God of Woods and Pastures | p. 193 |
| Hecate: Titaness with an Attitude | p. 194 |
| Triton: Son of Poseidon | p. 196 |
| Lesser, but Not Least | p. 197 |
| Monster Madness | p. 199 |
| Chimaera: Fire-Breathing and Merciless | p. 200 |
| Scylla: Beauty Transformed to Terror | p. 201 |
| The Minotaur: Monster in a Maze | p. 202 |
| The Sphinx: Riddle Me This | p. 204 |
| Cacus Versus Heracles | p. 205 |
| Centaurs: Equine Depravity | p. 206 |
| More Mythological Monsters | p. 206 |
| The Leading Men of Classical Mythology | p. 209 |
| What Made a Hero? | p. 210 |
| Heracles | p. 211 |
| Perseus | p. 215 |
| Jason | p. 217 |
| Theseus | p. 220 |
| Achilles | p. 223 |
| Odysseus | p. 224 |
| Other Heroes You Should Know | p. 229 |
| The Trojan War | p. 231 |
| Causes of the War | p. 232 |
| Enter the Olympians | p. 234 |
| Heroes of the War | p. 235 |
| The Tenth Year | p. 237 |
| The Fall of Troy | p. 238 |
| The Gods Are Not Pleased | p. 240 |
| When in Romeà | p. 243 |
| Greek Versus Roman | p. 244 |
| Aeneas's Journey to Italy | p. 244 |
| Origins of the Roman People | p. 247 |
| Peace Disrupted | p. 247 |
| Founding Rome | p. 249 |
| The Age of Kings | p. 251 |
| The Gods and Goddesses Live On | p. 255 |
| Myths in Everyday Life | p. 256 |
| Myths in Literature | p. 259 |
| Myths in Art | p. 262 |
| Myths in Music | p. 264 |
| Myths in Movies | p. 264 |
| Myths in Popular Culture | p. 265 |
| Cast of Characters | p. 267 |
| Family Tree of the Greek Gods | p. 282 |
| Resources | p. 284 |
| Index | p. 286 |
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