Manual Of Mythology
Subtitle: Greek And Roman, Norse And Old German, Hindoo And Egyptian Mythology
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: March 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780766189768
Subjects: Mind, Body, Spirit; New Age; Body, Mind & Spirit; New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit; Antiquities & Archaeology; General
First sentence: IN thinking of the origin of the world in which they lived, the Greeks for the most part, it would appear, were satisfied with the explanation given by the poet Hesiod,-that in the beginning the world was a great shapeless mass or chaos, out of which was fashioned first the spirit of love, Eros (Cupid), and the broad-chested earth, Gaea ; then Erebos, darkness, and Nyx, night.