Classical Mythology

ZEUS' RISE TO POWER: THE CREATION OF MORTALS 79 THE GIGANTOMACHY: ZEUS DEFEATS THE GIANTS AND TYPHOEUS Another threat Zeus had t ...

80 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS mountain where he was struck down. A great part of vast earth was burned by the immense confl ...

ZEUS' RISE TO POWER: THE CREATION OF MORTALS 81 all.^5 While other animals look down to the ground, man was given a lofty vis- a ...

82 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS THE AGE OF BRONZE Father Zeus made another race of mortal humans, the third, of bronze and no ...

ZEUS' RISE TO POWER: THE CREATION OF MORTALS 83 among the company of the gods. For mortals sorry griefs will be left and there w ...

84 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS Atlas and Prometheus. Laconian black-figure cup, ca. 560 B.c. The two Titans endure the punis ...

ZEUS' RISE TO POWER: THE CREATION OF MORTALS 85 the portions!" Thus Zeus whose wisdom is immortal spoke in derision. Wily Promet ...

86 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS gether the toil of others into their own belly. Thus in the same way high- thundering Zeus ma ...

ZEUS' RISE TO POWER: THE CREATION OF MORTALS 87 named this woman Pandora, because all who have their homes on Olympus gave her a ...

88 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS The theme of the first woman as the bringer of evil is particularly fraught with social, poli ...

ZEUS' RISE TO POWER: THE CREATION OF MORTALS 89 Prometheus. By Gustave Moreau (1826-1898); oil on canvas, 1868, 8OV2 X 48 in. Mo ...

90 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS and angry Zeus against the defiant determination of a glorious and philanthropic Prometheus.^ ...

ZEUS' RISE TO POWER: THE CREATION OF MORTALS 91 me discovered the seamen's vessels which with wings of sail are beaten by the wa ...

92 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS lo was loved by Zeus; she was a priestess of Hera and could not avoid de- tection by the godd ...

ZEUS' RISE TO POWER: THE CREATION OF MORTALS 93 f Zeus will make you sane by the touch of his fearless hand—the touch alone; and ...

94 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS with life, some he boiled until tender and others he roasted over a fire. As soon as he place ...

ZEUS' RISE TO POWER: THE CREATION OF MORTALS 95 open wide your domains, and all barriers removed, give full rein to your streams ...

96 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS were uncovered and showed forth, a residue of mud left clinging to the leaves. The world had ...

ZEUS' RISE TO POWER: THE CREATION OF MORTALS 97 grew and took on a more pliant nature, the form of a human being could be seen, ...

98 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS reaching manhood, he must come into his own by overcoming challenges and adversaries: his fat ...