Sears, Kathleen

Mythology 101 from Gods and Goddesses to Monsters and Mortals, Your Guide to Ancient Mythology - New York Adams Media 2014 - 288p

includes index and biblioraphy

Defining a Myth...........9
The Greek storytellers..........13
Roman Mythmakers ...........21
Chaos, Prometheus, and The birth of Man ...............25
The ordered universe, sun, moon, and dawn ..........29
Pandora`s Bos...........32
Gaia and Pontus........34
Cyclopes and the Hundred-handed ones ............38
Myths in Literature ..........40
The titans and titanesses ............44
The giants...........47
Typhon.........49
Cronus and the birth of Zeus .............52
Zeus versus cronus: The battle with the Titans ...............54
Mount Olympus and Mythological Laws ...........58
The twelve olypian Gods...............62
Zeus and Hera ............69
Poseidon ..............73
Hades .............79
A map of the underwold.........82
Myths in art and music .........87
Zeus`s Many affairs .............90
Escaping death: MOrtal who traveled to the Underworld ..........96


9781440573323 799

SS12.2 / SE175