TY - BOOK AU - Kershaw,Stephen P. TI - A brief guide to the Greek myths SN - 9781845295127 (pbk.) AV - BL 783 K41b 2007 U1 - 398.20938 PY - 2007/// CY - London PB - Robinson KW - Mythology, Greek |v Juvenile literature KW - Mythology, Greek KW - Gods, Greek N1 - Subtitle on cover: Gods, monsters, heroes and the origins of storytelling; Includes bibliographical references (p. [469]-518) and index; Sect. 1; Myths and mythology --; Sect. 2; From the primal void to a lost continent : the main Greek myths --; 1; From chaos and castration to order : the birth of the gods --; 2; Apollo and Artemis : music, love and hunting --; 3; The creation of man and woman; the great flood; transgressors and heroines --; 4; Jason and the Argonauts; Medeia --; 5; Argos and the monster-slayers --; 6; Herakles : the greatest of the heroes --; 7; Thebes and Oidipous --; 8; From Atlas to Hektor --; 9; From Asopos to Akhilleus --; 10; Athens : the early kings --; 11; Theseus and the Minotaur --; 12; Curses and cannibalism : the house of Pelops --; 13; The Trojan War --; 14; Homer's Iliad : the wrath of Akhilleus --; 15; The wooden horse and the sack of Troy --; 16; The returns of the heroes --; 17; The Odyssey and its sequels --; 18; Plato and the myth of Atlantis --; Sect. 3; Some approaches to Greek mythology ER -