The Greek Myths contains some of the most thrilling, romantic and unforgettable stories in all human history. From Achilles rampant on the fields of Troy, to the gods at sport on Mount Olympus, from Icarus flying too close to the sun, to the superhuman feats of Heracles, Theseus and the wily Odysseus, these timeless tales exert a fascination and inspiration that have endured for millennia. There are few people as steeped in the Ancient World as Robin and Kathryn Waterfield, and in their hands the heroism, humour, mystery, sensuality and brutality of the Greek Myths are brought brilliantly to life.
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Genealogies. Introduction. HOPE FOR HUMANKIND: The Population of the
Earth. THE ASCENT OF THE OLYMPIAN GODS: In the Beginning. War against the
Titans. War against the Giants. Zeus and His Brothers. THE GODS OF
OLYMPUS: Zeus the King. Hera. Hestia. Demeter. Aphrodite. Ares.
Hephaestus. Athena. Apollo. Artemis. Hermes. Dionysus. THE AGE OF
HEROES: The Flood. The Line of Deucalion. The Argonauts and the Golden
Fleece. The Calydonian Boar Hunt. Io and the Danaids. Perseus and the
Gorgon. Bellerophon. THEBES IN THE AGE OF HEROES: Cadmus, Europa, and the
Foundation of Thebes. Oedipus. The Seven against Thebes. MYCENAE IN THE
AGE OF HEROES: The Curse of the House of Atreus. Atreus and Thyestes. The
End of the Atreid Curse. ATHENS IN THE AGE OF HEROES: The First Athenian
Kings. The Labours of Theseus. Theseus and the Minotaur. King Theseus.
HERACLES: The Birth of Heracles. The Twelve Labours of Heracles. Heracles
the King-Maker. Heracles Becomes a God. THE TROJAN WAR: The Marriage of
Peleus and Thetis. The Judgement of Paris. The Abduction of Helen. The
Greeks Prepare for War. The Greek Landing. Achilles Withdraws. Agamemnon's
Dream. Menelaus and Paris. Diomedes' Day of Glory. Hector Triumphant.
Envoys and Spies. The Assault on the Ships. The Deception of Zeus. The
Death of Patroclus. The Return of Achilles. The Death of Hector. Two
Funerals. The Death of Achilles. The Wooden Horse. The Fall of Troy.
ODYSSEUS' RETURN: Trouble on Ithaca. Telemachus' Journey. Odysseus on
Scheria. The Cyclops Polyphemus. Aeolus, the Laestrygonians, and Circe.
The Underworld. Dangers at Sea. The Cattle of the Sun. Odysseus Reaches
Ithaca. At the Swineherd's Hut. In the Palace. Penelope Meets the Beggar.
Vengeance. Reunion. THE END OF HOPE: Pandora. Select Bibliography. Index
of Names and Places. Index of Subjects.
Robin Waterfield is an internationally acclaimed scholar and author, whose publications range from abstruse academic articles to children's fiction. He has worked as a lecturer, editor and publisher before taking up writing full time. He has about forty books to his credit, with most of his later work cantering on academic works aimed at intelligent lay readers. His most recent books are Xenophon's Retreat: Greece, Persia and the End of the Golden Age (Faber; Harvard) and Why Socrates Died (Faber; Norton; McLeland & Stewart).
Kathryn Waterfield (Dunathan) is a writer specializing in Greek history. Formerly with the University of South Florida and the Tampa Museum of Art, she now makes her home with husband, classicist Robin Waterfield, in the remote southern Peloponnese in Greece. The Greek Myths is the Waterfields' first collaboration.
