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The Library of Greek Mythology
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The Library of Greek Mythology (1975) (edit title/settings)

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A new translation of an important text for Greek mythology used as a source book by classicists from antiquity to Robert Graves, The Library of Greek Mythology is a complete summary of early Greek myth, telling the story of each of the great families of heoric mythology, and the various... read more

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  • Zeus: In Greek mythology, Zeus is the "Father of Gods and men" who rules the Olympians of Mount Olympus as a father rules the family. He is the god of sky and thunder.
  • Apollo: Add a description of this character.
  • Helen of Troy: The wife of Menelaus. The most beautiful woman in all of the known world.
  • Penelope: In Greek mythology, Penelope is the faithful wife of Odysseus. She keep keeps her suitors at bay in Odysseus’ long absence.
  • Cassandra: In Greek mythology, Cassandra was the daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy. Her beauty caused Apollo to grant her the gift of prophecy. When she did not return his love, Apollo placed a curse on her so that no one would ever believe her predictions. She is a figure both of the epic tradition and of tragedy, where her combination of deep understanding and powerlessness exemplify the ironic condition of humankind.
  • Paris: Trojan prince, brother of Hector. His stealing of Helen precipitated the Trojan War.
  • Agamemnon: In Greek mythology, he was the son of King Atreus and Queen Aerope of Mycenae, the brother of Menelaus. When Helen, the wife of Menelaus, was abducted by Paris of Troy, Agamemnon commanded the united Greek armed forces in the ensuing Trojan War.
  • Artemis: In Greek mythology, Artemis was often described as the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister of Apollo. She was the Hellenic goddess of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness, childbirth, virginity and young girls, bringing and relieving disease in women; she often was depicted as a huntress carrying a bow and arrows.
  • Demeter: In Greek mythology, Demeter is the goddess of the harvest, who presided over grains and the fertility of the earth. Her cult titles include Sito as the giver of food or corn/grain and Thesmophoros as a mark of the civilized existence of agricultural society.
  • Clytemnestra: The wife of Agamemnon, king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Mycenae or Argos. She was a femme fatale who murdered her husband, Agamemnon and the Trojan princess Cassandra, whom he had taken as war prize following the sack of Troy.
  • Orestes: Son of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra.
  • Creon: A figure in Greek mythology best known as the ruler of Thebes in the legend of Oedipus. He had two children with his wife, Eurydice.
  • Medea
  • Jason
  • Pelias
  • Teiresias
  • Cheiron
  • Thyestes
  • Hippolyte
  • Amphiaraos
  • Hippolytos
  • Meleager
  • Calchas
  • Minos
  • Dionysos
  • Atalante
  • Neoptolemos
  • Daidalos
  • Alcmene
  • Phineus
  • Menelaos
  • Persephone
  • Laomedon
  • Agenor
  • Glaucos
  • Alexander
  • Oineus
  • Deianeira
  • Leda
  • Cephalos
  • Tyndareus
  • Pind
  • Danaos
  • Priam: King of Troy and father of Hector, Paris and Casandra.
  • Hecuba: Queen of Troy and mother of Hector, Paris and Casandra
  • Phaedra: In Greek mythology, Phaedra is the daughter of Minos and PasiphaĂ«, sister of Ariadne, wife of Theseus and the mother of Demophon of Athens and Acamas.
  • Leto
  • Erichthonios
  • Erechtheus
  • Myrtilos
  • Melampous
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THE original text of the Library contains no formal subdivisions or chapter headings; at most, the author occasionally indicates that he has concluded his account of one family and is passing on to the next.

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  1. Apollodorus (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Coronado Press
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Publication Date: 1975
ISBN: 0872910725
Page Count: 298

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