{"product_id":"myths-of-the-greeks-and-romans-isbn-9780452011625","title":"Myths of the Greeks and Romans","description":"A fascinating study of the world’s great myths and their impact on the creative arts through the ages, this insightful and absorbing book demonstrates the dynamic effect that ancient mythology has had on the creative efforts of succeeding centuries. Distinguished historian and classical scholar Michael Grant summarizes all the myths as well as the legends of the lesser gods and heroes, and traces their origins in historical fact or religious myth. He then shows how myths have continued to evolve throughout the ages. The author’s brilliant investigations lead from Pericles to Picasso, Homer to Freud, Apuleius to Grimm—and prove that mythological themes have been continuously restated in art, science, and folklore, up to the present day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lively and fascinating, this in-depth study is complemented by maps, genealogical tables, and 64 pages of photographs. Included, too, are an appendix on additional myths, chapter notes, and an updated bibliography and index.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “The special value of the book lies in [its] studies of the earlier and later history of the myths . . . . The study of origins takes Mr. Grant into many different fields, including archaeology and psychology as well as classical philology. He is well read and sure footed in all of them.”—\u003ci\u003eLondon Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: The Heroes of Homer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Wrath of Achilles\u003cbr\u003ei. The Story Told in the \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eii. Troy and Homer\u003cbr\u003eiii. Achilles: Helen\u003cbr\u003eiv. The Qualities of a Hero\u003cbr\u003ev. The Hero and His Gods\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Odysseus\u003cbr\u003ei. The Story Told in the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eii. Odysseus\u003cbr\u003eiii. Ever-repeated Tales\u003cbr\u003eiv. Beyond the World's End\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Zeus, Apollo, Demeter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. The Rise of Zeus\u003cbr\u003ei. The Story Told in the \u003ci\u003eTheogony\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eii. Myths of Creation\u003cbr\u003eiii. Zeus Was Not Always There\u003cbr\u003eiv. The Destruction of the Rebels\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Apollo and Demeter\u003cbr\u003ei. The Story Told in the \u003ci\u003eHymn to Apollo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eii. The Brilliant God of Hellenism\u003cbr\u003eiii. The Story Told in the \u003ci\u003eHymn to Demeter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eiv. Mother Earth\u003cbr\u003ev. Myth and Ritual\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Agamemnon and Prometheus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. The House of Agamemnon\u003cbr\u003ei. The Story of the \u003ci\u003eOresteia\u003c\/i\u003e Told by Aeschylus\u003cbr\u003eii. Tragic Drama Chooses Myth\u003cbr\u003eiii. The God Who Exacts the Price\u003cbr\u003eiv. To O'Neill, Eliot and Sartre\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Prometheus\u003cbr\u003ei. The Story of the \u003ci\u003ePrometheus Bound\u003c\/i\u003e Told by Aeschylus\u003cbr\u003eii. The Resistance Hero\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Oedipus and Antigone\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7. Oedipus\u003cbr\u003ei. The Story of the \u003ci\u003eKing Oedipus\u003c\/i\u003e Told by Sophocles\u003cbr\u003eii. Why Is Oedipus Destroyed?\u003cbr\u003eiii. The Oedipus Complex\u003cbr\u003eiv. Oedipus at Colonus\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Antigone\u003cbr\u003ei. The Story of the \u003ci\u003eAntigone\u003c\/i\u003e Told by Sophocles\u003cbr\u003eii. Who Is Right and Who Is Wrong?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Heracles and Dionysus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9. Heracles Who Conquers Death\u003cbr\u003ei. The Story of the \u003ci\u003eAlcestis\u003c\/i\u003e Told by Euripides\u003cbr\u003eii. A New Look at the Myths\u003cbr\u003eiii. The Harrowing of Hell\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. Dionysus Who Gives Ecstasy\u003cbr\u003ei. The Story of the \u003ci\u003eBacchae\u003c\/i\u003e Told by Euripides\u003cbr\u003eii. The Irresistable Irrational\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Heroic Searchers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11. The Quest for the Golden Fleece\u003cbr\u003ei. The Story of the \u003ci\u003eArgonautica\u003c\/i\u003e Told by Apollonius\u003cbr\u003eii. Alexandrians and Victorians\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. The Quest for a Lost Wife\u003cbr\u003ei. The Story of \u003ci\u003eOrpheus and Eurydice\u003c\/i\u003e Told by Virgil\u003cbr\u003eii. The Holy Orphic Books\u003cbr\u003eiii. The Poetic Expression of Myth\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. The Quest for a New Home\u003cbr\u003ei. The Story of the \u003ci\u003eAeneid\u003c\/i\u003e Told by Virgil\u003cbr\u003eii. Nationalism and Guilt\u003cbr\u003eiii. The Two Gates of Sleep\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14. The Quest for a Roman Past\u003cbr\u003ei. The Story of Romulus Told by Livy\u003cbr\u003eii. Patriotic Foundation-myth\u003cbr\u003eiii. The Stories of Tarquin and Horatius Told by Livy\u003cbr\u003eiv. History in Legend\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII: The Thousand Faces of Love\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e15. Ovid\u003cbr\u003ei. Changes of Shape\u003cbr\u003eii. Loves Sad and Heavy\u003cbr\u003eiii. Loves Triumphant\u003cbr\u003eiv. Pious Couples Rewarded\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16. The Invisible Lover\u003cbr\u003ei. The Story of \u003ci\u003eCupid and Psyche\u003c\/i\u003e Told by Apuleius\u003cbr\u003eii. Fairy-Story\u003cbr\u003eiii. Allegory?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17. He Died for Love\u003cbr\u003ei. The Story of \u003ci\u003eHero and Leander\u003c\/i\u003e Told by Musaeus\u003cbr\u003eii. Autumnal Tint\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaps\u003cbr\u003eSome Additional Myths\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eChapter Notes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Grant \u003c\/b\u003e(1914-2004) was a historian whose over forty publications on ancient Rome and Greece popularized the classical and early Christian world. 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