partially based on H.J. Rose's A Handbook of Greek mythology /
Robin Hard.
Eighth edition.
New York :
Routledge,
2020.
1 online resource (xxi, 631 pages) :
illustrations
14 The kings of Athens
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Sources for Greek myth; 2 First beginnings and the Age of the Titans; First beginnings; The marriage of Earth and Sky; Cronos and the Titans; Notes; 3 The three great divine families; The families founded by the Titans, the main children of Earth and Sky; The family of Earth and Sea; The family of Night; Notes; 4 The rise of Zeus and revolts against his rule; How Zeus established himself as the supreme god; The marriage of Zeus and the completing of the Olympian circle
Hermes, the divine messenger and tricksterHephaistos, the divine blacksmith; Aphrodite, the goddess of love; Notes; 9 Lesser Deities and Nature-Spirits; The Muses; The Charites (Graces) and Horai (Seasons); The Nymphs; The Satyrs and Seilenoi; Pan and his loves; Attis and Cybele; the Couretes and Corybantes; Some groups of minor divinities associated with the Greek islands; Glaucos, Priapos, and Hymenaios; Notes; 10 The early mythical history of Argos; The first Inachids in Argos and in Egypt and Phoenicia; Danaos returns to Argos with his daughters, the Danaids
Proitos and Acrisios, and the arrival of Bellerophon and MelampousPerseus and his immediate descendants; Notes; 11 The life of Heracles; The birth of Heracles and his early life at Thebes; The twelve labours of Heracles; Heracles' servitude to Omphale and major campaigns; The later life of Heracles in Central and Northern Greece; Notes; 12 The return of the Heraclids; Eurystheus meets his own death while trying to eliminate the Heraclids; The return of the Heraclids is delayed until well after the Trojan War
Revolts against Zeus and the Olympian orderNotes; 5 Hades, Demeter, and the mythology of the Underworld; Hades, Persephone, and Demeter; The mythology of the Underworld; Other myths of Demeter; Notes; 6 Hera, Hestia, and Poseidon; Hera, the wife of Zeus, and goddess of marriage; Hestia, the virgin goddess of the hearth; Poseidon, the lord of the seas and the earthquake; Notes; 7 Apollo, Artemis, and Athena; Apollo and Artemis, the twin children of Leto; Athena, goddess of warfare and handicrafts; Notes; 8 Dionysos, Hermes, Hephaistos, and Aphrodite; Dionysos, the god of wine and ecstasy
The Heraclids invade the Peloponnese with their Dorian allies and draw lots for the three main kingdomsThe first Heraclid rulers of Sparta, Messenia, and Argos; How Heraclids came to establish ruling lines in Rhodes, Corinth, and Macedonia; Theras on the island of Thera; How the Neleids settled in Athens after being expelled from Messenia by the Heraclids, and gained leading positions there; the Ionian settlement of Asia Minor; Notes; 13 Minos, Theseus and the myths of Crete; Minos, the Minotaur, and the young Theseus; The family of Minos and later kings of Crete; Notes
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Now in its eighth edition, this magisterial work offers a comprehensive survey of the stories of Greek myth, from the Olympian gods, through the lesser gods and deities, to the heroes, adventures, and foundation myths of the ancient Greek world. The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythologysets out to provide a comprehensive history of the divine order and mythical prehistory of Greece, as systematized on a genealogical basis by Hesiod and the ancient mythographers, while also taking into account the ways in which individual myths have changed and evolved over time in different genres of literature. This new edition has been extensively rewritten and reorganized to make it more accessible to readers who may have no particular knowledge of the ancient world and Greek mythology, and to ensure that information on each myth or mythical figure is easy to find within the book. This new edition of the handbook continues to offer an essential reference resource for all students of Greek mythology, and it provides an accessible and comprehensive overview of these stories for anyone with an interest in the classical world.