A brief guide to the Greek myths
By: Stephen P. Kershaw
Series: Brief guide series; Brief guide series
Publisher: Robinson
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 531
ISBN-13: 9781845295127
Subjects: Greek Mythology; Mythologie
Description: A uniquely authoritative yet lightly handled examination of the key tales in the corpus of Greek mythology.
Notes: Subtitle on cover: Gods, monsters, heroes and the origins of storytelling.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-518) and index.
Table of contents: title: Sect. 1.; title: Myths and mythology -- -- Sect. 2.; title: From the primal void to a lost continent : the main Greek myths -- -- 1.; title: From chaos and castration to order : the birth of the gods -- -- 2.; title: Apollo and Artemis : music, love and hunting -- -- 3.; title: The creation of man and woman; the great flood; transgressors and heroines -- -- 4.; title: Jason and the Argonauts; Medeia -- -- 5.; title: Argos and the monster-slayers -- -- 6.; title: Herakles : the greatest of the heroes -- -- 7.; title: Thebes and Oidipous -- -- 8.; title: From Atlas to Hektor -- -- 9.; title: From Asopos to Akhilleus -- -- 10.; title: Athens : the early kings -- -- 11.; title: Theseus and the Minotaur -- -- 12.; title: Curses and cannibalism : the house of Pelops -- -- 13.; title: The Trojan War -- -- 14.; title: Homer's Iliad : the wrath of Akhilleus -- -- 15.; title: The wooden horse and the sack of Troy -- -- 16.; title: The returns of the heroes -- -- 17.; title: The Odyssey and its sequels -- -- 18.; title: Plato and the myth of Atlantis -- -- Sect. 3.; title: Some approaches to Greek mythology.