Classical Mythology in Literature, Art, and MusicWiley, 1971 - 509 pagina's This is an illustrated text that covers the gods and heroes of the Classical world, with special emphasis on the influence Classical mythology has had on literature, art and music in Western civilization. |
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... mythological background in a seminal work , and to guide the reader through the unfamiliar byways of an ancient literary masterpiece . The summaries are also presented in the hope that they will stimulate an interest in reading the ...
... mythological background in a seminal work , and to guide the reader through the unfamiliar byways of an ancient literary masterpiece . The summaries are also presented in the hope that they will stimulate an interest in reading the ...
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... mythological narrative in the grand style was out of date . He rejected Apollonius ' Argonautica with the caustic com- ment that " a big book is a bad book . " He was the leading exponent of the school that advocated short poems ...
... mythological narrative in the grand style was out of date . He rejected Apollonius ' Argonautica with the caustic com- ment that " a big book is a bad book . " He was the leading exponent of the school that advocated short poems ...
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... mythological monsters who derive their descent either from Thaumas or from Phorcys and Ceto . To Hesiod , who openly discourages seafaring as an occupation , these monsters signify perhaps the destructive and death - dealing aspects of ...
... mythological monsters who derive their descent either from Thaumas or from Phorcys and Ceto . To Hesiod , who openly discourages seafaring as an occupation , these monsters signify perhaps the destructive and death - dealing aspects of ...
Inhoudsopgave
CHAPTER | 19 |
Battles of the Titans and the Rise of Zeus | 40 |
Zeus versus Cronus and the Titans | 55 |
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Achilles Adonis Aeneas Aeschylus Agamemnon Age of Heroes Aphrodite Apollo Argos Artemis Athena battle beauty birth Cadmus called century B.C. child Clytemnestra Creon Cronus daughter dead death deity Delphi Demeter descendants Dido Dionysus divine earth epic Euripides fate father Figure goddess Gods on Mount golden Greece Greek Hades hand heaven Hector Helen Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hermes Hesiod Homer husband Iliad island Jason killed king land later legend legendary living lover marriage Medea Menelaus Minos mortal mother Mount Olympus Muses myth mythological nymph Odysseus Oedipus Olympian oracle Orestes Orpheus Ovid palace Paris Persephone Perseus poem poet Poseidon Priam Prometheus Psyche punishment Rise of Zeus ritual river Roman ship Sophocles soul story symbol tale Tartarus tells temple Thebes theme Theseus Thetis Tiresias Titans took tradition Trojan Trojan War Troy turned Underworld Venus Vergil wife women worship young Zeus