Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-183).
Contents:
The Olympian gods -- Creation : the first gods and the titans -- Prometheus : inventor and benefactor ; Pandora -- Prometheus punished -- The ages of man -- The flood : Deucalion and Pyrrha -- Theseus and the minotaur ; Ariadne -- The fates of ariadne and aegeus -- Daedalus and icarus : man-powered flight -- The history of Bacchus : Semele and Pentheus -- Oedipus : riddle and discovery -- Oedipus's further destiny : Seven against Thebes, Antigone -- The birth of Hercules -- The labors of Hercules -- Jason's quest for the golden fleece -- Medea's vengeance -- Leda and the swan : the birth of Helen, Clytaemnestra and the Dioscuri -- The prelude to war I : the wedding of Peleus and Thetis ; the judgment of Paris -- The prelude to war II : the abduction of Helen ; the sacrifce of Iphigenia.
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