A brief guide to the Greek myths /
Kershaw, Stephen P.
A brief guide to the Greek myths / Stephen P. Kershaw. - London : Robinson, 2007. - viii, 531 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 20 cm. - Brief guide series .
Subtitle on cover: Gods, monsters, heroes and the origins of storytelling.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [469]-518) and index.
Myths and mythology -- From the primal void to a lost continent : the main Greek myths -- From chaos and castration to order : the birth of the gods -- Apollo and Artemis : music, love and hunting -- The creation of man and woman; the great flood; transgressors and heroines -- Jason and the Argonauts; Medeia -- Argos and the monster-slayers -- Herakles : the greatest of the heroes -- Thebes and Oidipous -- From Atlas to Hektor -- From Asopos to Akhilleus -- Athens : the early kings -- Theseus and the Minotaur -- Curses and cannibalism : the house of Pelops -- The Trojan War -- Homer's Iliad : the wrath of Akhilleus -- The wooden horse and the sack of Troy -- The returns of the heroes -- The Odyssey and its sequels -- Plato and the myth of Atlantis -- Some approaches to Greek mythology. Sect. 1. Sect. 2. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. Sect. 3.
9781845295127 (pbk.) 1845295129 (pbk.)
GBA760420 bnb
013806178 Uk
Mythology, Greek |v Juvenile literature.
Mythology, Greek.
Gods, Greek.
BL 783 / K41b 2007
398.20938 292.13
A brief guide to the Greek myths / Stephen P. Kershaw. - London : Robinson, 2007. - viii, 531 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 20 cm. - Brief guide series .
Subtitle on cover: Gods, monsters, heroes and the origins of storytelling.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [469]-518) and index.
Myths and mythology -- From the primal void to a lost continent : the main Greek myths -- From chaos and castration to order : the birth of the gods -- Apollo and Artemis : music, love and hunting -- The creation of man and woman; the great flood; transgressors and heroines -- Jason and the Argonauts; Medeia -- Argos and the monster-slayers -- Herakles : the greatest of the heroes -- Thebes and Oidipous -- From Atlas to Hektor -- From Asopos to Akhilleus -- Athens : the early kings -- Theseus and the Minotaur -- Curses and cannibalism : the house of Pelops -- The Trojan War -- Homer's Iliad : the wrath of Akhilleus -- The wooden horse and the sack of Troy -- The returns of the heroes -- The Odyssey and its sequels -- Plato and the myth of Atlantis -- Some approaches to Greek mythology. Sect. 1. Sect. 2. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. Sect. 3.
9781845295127 (pbk.) 1845295129 (pbk.)
GBA760420 bnb
013806178 Uk
Mythology, Greek |v Juvenile literature.
Mythology, Greek.
Gods, Greek.
BL 783 / K41b 2007
398.20938 292.13