Classical Mythology in Literature, Art, and MusicHackett Publishing Company, Incorporated, 2001 - 509 pagina's Originally published in the 1960s, this standard illustrated work 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. Designed for high school and college level courses in departments of Classics and humanities. |
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Pagina 32
... head and a serpent's head budding from the end of the tail , with the head and neck of a goat protruding from the middle of the creature's back ( fig . 60 ) . We shall later witness the end of this monstrosity at the hands of the hero ...
... head and a serpent's head budding from the end of the tail , with the head and neck of a goat protruding from the middle of the creature's back ( fig . 60 ) . We shall later witness the end of this monstrosity at the hands of the hero ...
Pagina 74
... head . Hesiod describes Athena as a war - goddess : a leader of the army , untiring , one who delights in wars and bat- tles . Later accounts tell that the birth of Athena from the head of Zeus was accom- plished by a kind of lobotomy ...
... head . Hesiod describes Athena as a war - goddess : a leader of the army , untiring , one who delights in wars and bat- tles . Later accounts tell that the birth of Athena from the head of Zeus was accom- plished by a kind of lobotomy ...
Pagina 293
... head of Medusa , drops of her blood fell on the sandy deserts of Libya , and when they reached the ground , the blood became deadly snakes . This is the reason why Libya abounds in poisonous serpents . Perseus then flew three times ...
... head of Medusa , drops of her blood fell on the sandy deserts of Libya , and when they reached the ground , the blood became deadly snakes . This is the reason why Libya abounds in poisonous serpents . Perseus then flew three times ...
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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 ancient Aphrodite Apollo Argos Artemis Athena battle beauty birth Cadmus called century B.C. child Clytemnestra Creon Cronus daughter dead death deity Delphi Demeter 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