Classical Mythology in Literature, Art, and MusicThis is an illustrated text that covers the gods and heroes of the Classical world, with special emphasis on the influence Classical mythology has had on literature, art and music in Western civilization. |
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... Aeschylus : Agamemnon , trans . Richmond Lattimore , copyright 1953. Aeschylus : The Eumenides , trans . Richmond Lattimore , copyright 1953. Aeschylus : The Libation Bearers , trans . Richmond Lattimore , copyright 1953 . Aeschylus ...
... Aeschylus : Agamemnon , trans . Richmond Lattimore , copyright 1953. Aeschylus : The Eumenides , trans . Richmond Lattimore , copyright 1953. Aeschylus : The Libation Bearers , trans . Richmond Lattimore , copyright 1953 . Aeschylus ...
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... Aeschylus , Sophocles , and Euripides Epic and lyric poetry had taken mythology far from its primitive origins , but another form of expression was to take it even further . Greek drama , one of the greatest achievements of the high ...
... Aeschylus , Sophocles , and Euripides Epic and lyric poetry had taken mythology far from its primitive origins , but another form of expression was to take it even further . Greek drama , one of the greatest achievements of the high ...
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... Aeschylus with the plot to begin the process of purifying Zeus from the taints of anthropomor- phism . His Prometheus Bound , though the only surviving play of a trilogy , con- cerns itself with the problem of evil and its relation to ...
... Aeschylus with the plot to begin the process of purifying Zeus from the taints of anthropomor- phism . His Prometheus Bound , though the only surviving play of a trilogy , con- cerns itself with the problem of evil and its relation to ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 19 |
Battles of the Titans and the Rise of Zeus | 40 |
Zeus versus Cronus and the Titans | 55 |
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Achilles Adonis Aeneas Aeschylus Agamemnon Age of Heroes Aphrodite Apollo Argos Artemis Athena battle beauty birth Cadmus called century B.C. child Clytemnestra Creon Cronus daughter dead death deity Delphi Demeter descendants Dido Dionysus divine earth epic Euripides fate father Figure goddess Gods on Mount golden Greece Greek Hades hand heaven Hector Helen Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hermes Hesiod Homer husband Iliad island Jason killed king land later legend legendary living lover marriage Medea Menelaus Minos mortal mother Mount Olympus Muses myth mythological nymph Odysseus Oedipus Olympian oracle Orestes Orpheus Ovid palace Paris Persephone Perseus poem poet Poseidon Priam Prometheus Psyche punishment Rise of Zeus ritual river Roman ship Sophocles soul story symbol tale Tartarus tells temple Thebes theme Theseus Thetis Tiresias Titans took tradition Trojan Trojan War Troy turned Underworld Venus Vergil wife women worship young Zeus