Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; A Note to Students; WHAT'S IN THIS BOOK?; SOURCES AND PROBLEMS; FINAL ADVICE; ORGANIZATION AND LAYOUT; SYMBOLS FOUND IN TEXTS; A Note to Instructors; MATERIAL FOR BACKGROUND AND COMPARISON; ANCIENT APPROACHES TO MYTH; MYTH AND HISTORY; PHILOSOPHICAL, RATIONALIZING, ANDALLEGORICAL APPROACHES TO MYTH; RELIGION AND MYTH; GENDER AND SEXUALITY; MYTH AS A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION; MATERIAL FOR MODERN INTERPRETATIONAND CLASSIFICATION OF MYTH; PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS; FINAL REMARKS; Maps; Genealogical Charts.
Appendix Two: InscriptionsAppendix Three: Papyri; Appendix Four: Near East ern Myth; Note on the Texts and Translation; Names and Transliteration; Index/Glossary.