ABSTRACT

This new edition is a completely rewritten and revised version of Rose's original, seminal, text. Adding a huge amount of new material, Robin Hard incorporates the results of the latest research into his authoritative accounts of all the gods and heroes.

The narrative framework of the book includes helpful signposting so that the book can be used as work of reference, and alongside the narrative chapters, it includes full documentation of the ancient sources, maps, and genealogical tables.

Illustrated throughout with numerous photographs and line drawings, it will remain the definitive account of ancient Greek mythology for generations to come.

chapter 1|20 pages

SOURCES FOR GREEK MYTH

chapter 2|19 pages

THE BEGINNINGS OF THINGS

chapter |25 pages

DESCENDANTS OF THE TITANS

chapter 4|3 pages

THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF ZEUS

chapter |30 pages

Poseidon as god of horses

chapter |10 pages

of Demeter, and her associate Iakchos

chapter |5 pages

ARES

chapter |31 pages

mortals who reject him and his rites

chapter 6|16 pages

LESSER DEITIES AND NATURE-SPIRITS

chapter |5 pages

the Greek islands

chapter 7|9 pages

THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE INACHIDS

chapter |9 pages

on their wedding-night

chapter |3 pages

and founds Mycenae

chapter 8|10 pages

THE LIFE OF HERAKLES AND RETURN OF THE HERAKLIDS

THE BIRTH OF HERAKLES AND HIS EARLY LIFE AT THEBES

chapter |2 pages

First labour: the Nemean Lion

chapter |5 pages

Second labour: the Lernaian Hydra

chapter |18 pages

Ninth labour: the Belt of Hippolyte

chapter |3 pages

travelling to his final home

chapter |10 pages

The death and apotheosis of Herakles

chapter 9|38 pages

THE MYTHICAL HISTORY OF THEBES

THE FOUNDATION AND EARLY HISTORY OF THEBES

chapter |4 pages

history of the Argolid

chapter 10|24 pages

LEGENDS OF CRETE AND ATHENS

MINOS, THESEUS AND THE MINOTAUR

chapter |17 pages

Persephone from the Underworld

chapter 11|24 pages

JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS

chapter 12|10 pages

THE HISTORY OF THE DEUKALIONID FAMILY

chapter |6 pages

Endymion and his family in Elis

chapter |11 pages

The death of Meleagros

chapter |7 pages

Argolid; the Melampodid seers

chapter 13|9 pages

THE TROJAN WAR

chapter |35 pages

but make a false start

chapter |1 pages

implications for the Greek returns

chapter 16|8 pages

LEGENDS OF GREEK LANDS

chapter |26 pages

and Agamedes

chapter 17|1 pages

AENEAS, ROMULUS AND THE ORIGINS OF ROME

chapter |87 pages

NOTES

chapter |3 pages

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

chapter |22 pages

GENEALOGICAL TABLES

chapter |1 pages

INDEXES

chapter |27 pages

MAIN INDEX

chapter |8 pages

THE GREAT OLYMPIAN GODS