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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... later gods . Oceanus and Tethys , as we have seen , are mentioned by Homer as the progenitors of the gods . Hyperion apparently was a sun - god . Themis , on the authority of Aeschylus , is the same as Gaea and hence another form of ...
... later gods . Oceanus and Tethys , as we have seen , are mentioned by Homer as the progenitors of the gods . Hyperion apparently was a sun - god . Themis , on the authority of Aeschylus , is the same as Gaea and hence another form of ...
Page 244
... later generations misinterpreted his actions as blasphemy . Be that as it may , Zeus quickly dispatched him with a bolt of lightning and hurled him into Tartarus for his impiety and presumption . Also to be found in Tartarus were ...
... later generations misinterpreted his actions as blasphemy . Be that as it may , Zeus quickly dispatched him with a bolt of lightning and hurled him into Tartarus for his impiety and presumption . Also to be found in Tartarus were ...
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... later tradition was to view them primarily as penalties . The executors of infernal judgments were usually the Erinyes ( Furies ) who either scourged the guilty souls with whips and snakes or used their burning torches to punish the ...
... later tradition was to view them primarily as penalties . The executors of infernal judgments were usually the Erinyes ( Furies ) who either scourged the guilty souls with whips and snakes or used their burning torches to punish the ...
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