Description

Book Synopsis


Table of Contents
CONTENTS

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Spelling, the Pronunciation of Ancient Names, and Map References
Maps

General Introduction: Hesiod and His Poems
Introduction to the Theogony
Theogony
Introduction to the Works and Days
Works and Days
Introducton to The Shield of Herakles
The Shield of Herakles

Bibliography
Glossary / Index

ILLUSTRATIONS

Maps

1. The Mediterranean
2. The Aegean Sea
3. Central Greece

Figures

1. Drunken symposiast and lyre
2. Anatolian storm god
3. Zeus throwing lightning at Typhon
4. A Muse playing the lyre
5. The birth of Aphrodite
6. Amphitritê stands before Poseidon
7. The head of Medusa
8. The Chimaira
9. The punishment of Atlas and Prometheus
10. Hades and Persephone
11. Zeus fights Typhon
12. Dawn pursues the Trojan prince Tithonos
13. Egyptian relief of Maat
14. Pandora born from the Earth
15. The Cretan princess Ariadnê and Retribution
16. A naked plowman
17. A winged North Wind (Boreas) rapes Oreithyia
18. A satyr presents a tripod with handles to Dionysos
19. The theater and reconstructed columns of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi
20. The Lapith Kaineus being destroyed by a centaur
21. A centaur tries to carry off Hippodameia
22. The Gorgons pursue Perseus
23. Zeus parts Athena and Ares

Genealogical Charts
1. The primordial gods
2. The children of Earth and Sky
3. The off spring of Earth and the blood of Sky and the birth of Aphroditê
4. The descendants of Night (Nyx) and Strife (Eris)
5. The descendants Earth and Sea
6. The descendants of Phorkys and Keto
7. Other descendants of Phorkys and Keto
8. The children of Okeanos and Tethys
9. The descendants of Th eia and Hyperion and Kreios and Eurybia
10. The children of Pallas and Styx
11. The descendants of Koios and Phoibê
12. The children of Kronos and Rhea
13. The descendants of Iapetos and Klymenê
14. The off spring of Zeus and his many wives
15. The descendants of Ares and Aphrodite
16. The descendants of Helios and Perseïs
17. Other children of Kadmos and Harmonia
18. The children of Dawn (Eos)
19. The descendants of Kalypso, Circe, and Aiëtes
20. The descendants of Perseus and Andromeda

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 01/08/2017
      ISBN13: 9780520292864, 978-0520292864
      ISBN10: 0520292863

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents
      CONTENTS

      List of Illustrations
      Acknowledgments
      Spelling, the Pronunciation of Ancient Names, and Map References
      Maps

      General Introduction: Hesiod and His Poems
      Introduction to the Theogony
      Theogony
      Introduction to the Works and Days
      Works and Days
      Introducton to The Shield of Herakles
      The Shield of Herakles

      Bibliography
      Glossary / Index

      ILLUSTRATIONS

      Maps

      1. The Mediterranean
      2. The Aegean Sea
      3. Central Greece

      Figures

      1. Drunken symposiast and lyre
      2. Anatolian storm god
      3. Zeus throwing lightning at Typhon
      4. A Muse playing the lyre
      5. The birth of Aphrodite
      6. Amphitritê stands before Poseidon
      7. The head of Medusa
      8. The Chimaira
      9. The punishment of Atlas and Prometheus
      10. Hades and Persephone
      11. Zeus fights Typhon
      12. Dawn pursues the Trojan prince Tithonos
      13. Egyptian relief of Maat
      14. Pandora born from the Earth
      15. The Cretan princess Ariadnê and Retribution
      16. A naked plowman
      17. A winged North Wind (Boreas) rapes Oreithyia
      18. A satyr presents a tripod with handles to Dionysos
      19. The theater and reconstructed columns of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi
      20. The Lapith Kaineus being destroyed by a centaur
      21. A centaur tries to carry off Hippodameia
      22. The Gorgons pursue Perseus
      23. Zeus parts Athena and Ares

      Genealogical Charts
      1. The primordial gods
      2. The children of Earth and Sky
      3. The off spring of Earth and the blood of Sky and the birth of Aphroditê
      4. The descendants of Night (Nyx) and Strife (Eris)
      5. The descendants Earth and Sea
      6. The descendants of Phorkys and Keto
      7. Other descendants of Phorkys and Keto
      8. The children of Okeanos and Tethys
      9. The descendants of Th eia and Hyperion and Kreios and Eurybia
      10. The children of Pallas and Styx
      11. The descendants of Koios and Phoibê
      12. The children of Kronos and Rhea
      13. The descendants of Iapetos and Klymenê
      14. The off spring of Zeus and his many wives
      15. The descendants of Ares and Aphrodite
      16. The descendants of Helios and Perseïs
      17. Other children of Kadmos and Harmonia
      18. The children of Dawn (Eos)
      19. The descendants of Kalypso, Circe, and Aiëtes
      20. The descendants of Perseus and Andromeda

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