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.