Notes

4th ed Table of contents includes: The nature of myth -- The cultural context of classical myth -- The development of classical myth -- Myths of creation: the rise of Zeus -- Myths of creation -- Myths of the Olympians: Zeus and Hera -- Myths of the Olympians: the male deities -- Myths of the Olympians: the female deities -- Myths of fertility: Demeter -- Myths of fertility: Dionysus -- Myths of death: encounters with the underworld -- Introduction to heroic myth -- Perseus and the myths of the Argive Plain -- Heracles -- Theseus and the myths of Athens -- The myths of Crete -- Oedipus and the myths of Thebes -- Jason and the myths of Iolcus and Calydon -- The Torjan War -- The fall of Troy -- The return of Odysseus -- Roman myth -- Theories of myth interpretation