Handbook of classical mythology
An introduction to the mythological world of the Greeks and the Romans, combined with a chronology of myths and a dictionary of key characters, objects, and events. Which came first: Zeus disguised as a swan, Trojans disguised as a horse, or Odysseus disguised as any number of things? These and other classical myths are usually encountered separately. But together they make up a coherent multigenerational saga of epic battles, bizarre metamorphoses, immortal heroes, and all-too-human gods, a fantastic world recognizably real to its audience
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1 online resource.
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2. Time : what happens in classical mythology
Divine time and human time
What happens in classical mythology
From Chaos to cosmos
Two cosmic families
The cosmic house
The succession of world rulers
The first humans
The division of meat
The theft of fire
The loss of paradise
The great deluge
The origin of nations
The Gods establish their cults
The mating of Gods and humans
The heroic age
The family of the heroic age : the Pelopids
Antecedents to the Trojan War
The Trojan War
The returns
The end of the heroic age
What does classical mythology say?
The nature of the physical world
The nature of the Gods
The nature of humans
The heroes, or demigods
Behavior options. 3. Deities, themes, and concepts
Absent deity
Adamant
Aeolus (Greek Aiolos)
Aetiology (also Etiology)
Aineias (Latinized form Aeneas)
Aloads (Greek Aloadai or Aloeidai)
Ambrosia
Anthropogony
Aphrodite (Roman Venus)
Apollon (Latinized form Apollo)
Ares (Roman Mars)
Argonauts (Greek Argonautai)
Artemis (Roman Diana)
Asklepios (Latinized form Aesculapius)
Athena (also Athene and Athenaia) (Roman Minerva)
Atlas
Bellerophon (also Bellerophontes)
Biographical pattern
Catasterism (Greek Katasterismos)
Centaurs and Hippocentaurs (Greek Kentauroi and Hippokentauroi)
Charon
Combat myth and legend
Cosmogony (Greek Kosmogonia)
Culture hero
Cyclopes (Greek Kyklopes)
Demeter (Roman Ceres)
Dionysos (Roman Bacchus and Liber Pater)
Divine guilds
Eileithyia
Elysion Field (Latinized form Elysium) and Isles of the Blessed
Epithet
Eponymy
Erebos
(Latinized form Erebus). 4. Annotated print and nonprint resources
Print resources
Ancient sources
Reference works
Classical mythology and the arts
Surveys and studies on particular subjects
Nonprint resources
Abbreviations and selected reference list
Glossary
Index
About the author. Preface
A note on the use of ancient texts
1. Introduction
Basic concepts
How classical mythology came into being
A mix of traditions
The archaic period
The classical period
The Hellenistic and Imperial periods
Interpretatio Romana
Classical mythology after antiquity
How do we know about classical mythology today?
The mythological worlds : places
Earth
Sky
Death realm
Tartaros
Physical model versus biological model
The mythological world : characters
The principal Gods
The nature of Gods and humans
Nature spirits
The relationship of Gods and humans
Peculiarities of mythological narrative
Supernaturalism
Personification and reification
Binatural beings versus composite beings
Reversible and irreversible changes
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