The stories of the Greeks.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Published: 1967
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 405
Subjects: Mythology, Greek
Table of contents: title: Introduction.; title: Men and gods. Pyramus and Thisbe -- Cadmus -- Actaeon -- Pentheus -- Ino -- Baucis and Philemon -- Daedalus and Icarus -- Perseus -- Ceres and Proserpine -- Phaethon -- The great flood -- Jason. The voyage of the Argonauts -- The golden fleece -- Jason and Medea -- Echo and Narcissus -- Meleager of Calydon -- The story of Theseus. His journey to Athens -- Theseus and the minotaur -- Theseus, king of Athens -- Orpheus and Eurydice -- The labours of Hercules -- The death of Hercules -- Cephalus and Procris -- Arachne -- Niobe -- Acis and Galatea -- Glaucus and Scylla -- Bellerophon -- Midas -- AtAlanta’s race -- Ceyx and Halcyone -- Oedipus -- The seven against Thebes -- Antigone -- Tereus, Procne and Philomela --; title: The Greeks and the Trojans. The city of troy -- The judgement of Paris -- The house of Atreus -- Helen -- The Greeks set sail for Troy -- The first actions of the war -- The wrath of Achilles. The great quarrel -- Achilles and his mother -- The false dream -- The duel -- The truce is broken -- The deeds of Diomedes -- Hector prepares for battle -- A Trojan victory -- The embassy to Achilles -- A raid on the Trojan camp -- The battle in the plain -- The battle by the ships -- The last fight of Patroclus -- Achilles and Patroclus -- Achilles prepares for battle -- The rout of the Trojans -- The death of Hector -- The funeral and the games -- The end of the anger -- The fall of Troy -- The death of Achilles -- The fatal horse -- The escape of Aeneas --; title: The vengeance of the gods. Prometheus -- Ion -- Alcestis -- Hippolytus -- Iphigeneia -- Agamemnon -- Orestes -- The rescue of Iphigeneia -- Helen.