Classical Mythology
PLATES, MAPS AND FIGURES COLOR PLATES following pages 299 and 361 1 Jupiter and Thetis, by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres 2 Diony ...
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Xll PLATES, MAPS AND FIGURES MAPS 142 Greece and the Aegean ii 30 Atlas and Prometheus, from a Laconian black-figure cup 31 Pro ...
PREFACE This is the seventh edition of Classical Mythology, which was first published in Successive revisions have been extensi ...
XIV PREFACE preted with infinite variations, repeatedly and continuously; these gods and god- desses, these heroes and heroines ...
PREFACE XV The Introduction in previous editions has been revised and expanded to be- come two chapters: Chapter 1, "Interpretat ...
XVI PREFACE features chapter-by-chapter summaries, suggested activities, maps, and test questions. We have harnessed the potenti ...
ABOUT THE AUTHORS Mark Morford is Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Virginia, where he joined the faculty in 1 ...
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PART ONE The Myths of Creation THE GODS ...
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CHAPTER 1 INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITION OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY The impossibility of establishing a satisfactory definition of my ...
4 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS ever fanciful and imaginative, it has its roots in historical fact.^4 These two cate- gories u ...
INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITION OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY 5 elusive, as some so emphatically insist. A story embodying eternal values ...
6 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS historical time. This is the nature of true myths, which are fundamentally para- digms and exp ...
INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITION OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY 7 the allegorical approach is a barren exercise in cryptology: to explain t ...
8 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS less than a wish-fulfillment—the fulfillment of the wish of our childhood. But we, more fortun ...
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