Greek Mythology - Gods and Heroes: The Troian War: The Odyssey

In english. Soft cover, 24 cm, 184 pp., 285 images.

An authoritative account of the web of Greek mythology. The gods, the heroes, the Trojan war, the Argonauts are just some of the fascinating subjects that the reader will find in Greek Mythology. The vivid imagination of the ancient Greeks has left us a legacy that entertains and unstructs the reader of our time in the captivating world of antiquity. Also available in greek, french, german, italian, russian, spanish.

CONTENTS:

• COSMOGONY:

Theogony
Cronus rules the world
The battle of the Titans
The battle of the Giants
Typhon
The races of man
Prometheus, the benefactor of mankind

• THE GODS:

Zeus, father of gods and men
The love life of Zeus
Hera, first lady of Olympus
Athena, goddess of wisdom
Poseidon, lord of the seas
Demeter, patron of farming
Apollo, god of light
Escapades of Apollo
Artemis, goddess of the hunt
Hermes, messenger of the gods
Ares, god of war
Aphrodite, goddess of beauty and of love
Hephaestus, god of metalwork
Dionysus, god of wine
Asclepius, god of medicine
Gods of the Underworld
Lesser gods

• THE HEROES:

Heracles - The early years of Heracles - 'Heracles Furens' - Labours of Heracles in the Peloponnese - Labours of Heracles at the ends of the earth - Other feats of Heracles - The end of Heracles
Theseus - On the way to Athens - In the palace of Aegeus - Theseus and the Minotaur - Theseus as king
Jason - The Golden Fleece - The Expedition of the Argonauts - Jason at Colchis - The return of the Argo - Jason and Medea
Perseus and Medusa
Cadmus, founder of Thebes - The children of Cadmus
Oedipus, King of Thebes
Oedipus at Colonus
Antigone and Ismene
Bellerophon
Meleager and the hunting of the Calydonian Boar
Pelops

• THE TROJAN WAR:

The marriage of Peleus and Thetis
Helen
The Mobilization
The Achaeans
The Trojans
The beginning of the Campaign
The wrath of Achilles
The death of Patroclus
Hector and Achilles
The end of Achilles
Philoctetes and Neoptolemus at Troy
The fall of Troy
The return of the heroes
The murder of Agamemnon and the revenge of Orestes

• THE ODYSSEY:

Among the Cicones

The Lotus-eaters

In the land of the Cyclopes

From the island of Aeolus to the island of Circe

Odysseus in Hades

From the Sirens to Thrinacia

From the island of Calypso to the island of the Phaeacians

Odysseus on Ithaca

• INDEX