Great Classical Myths
Table of Contents
Edited with an introduction by F.R.B. Godolphin
I CREATION, THE GODS, AND THE UNDERWORLD
Creation and the early Gods / HESIOD, Theogony, 116-222
The Ages of Man / HESIOD, Works and Days, 109-201
The Flood / OVID, Metamorphoses, I. 285-418
The Gods of Delphi / AESCHYLUS, Eumenides, 1-19
Zeus / HOMER, Iliad, 16. 384-393
Zeus / AESCHYLUS, Agamemnon, 160-183
Zeus, Hera and Hephaestus / HOMER, Iliad, I. 533-611
Poseidon, Zeus and Hades / HOMER, Iliad, 15. 187-195
Poseidon / HOMER, Iliad, 13. 17-58
Apollo / Homeric Hymns, 1-178
Artemis / Homeric Hymns 1-20
Athene / Homeric Hymns, 1-17
Hermes / Homeric Hymns, 1-578
Demeter / Homeric Hymns, 1-495
Hephaestus / HOMER, Iliad, 18. 368-405
Aphrodite / Homeric Hymns, 1-292
Ares / HOMER, Iliad, 5. 825-898
Dionysus / Homeric Hymns, 1-21
Dionysus and the Sailors / Homeric Hymns, 1-59
Dionysus / EURIPIDES, Bacchae, 1-54
Prometheus / HESIOD, Works and Days, 49-82
Prometheus / AESCHYLUS, Prometheus, 199-243; 436-506
The Golden Bough / VIRGIL, Aeneid, 6. 125-148 J.
The Island of the Blessed / PINDAR, Olympian, 2. 61-83
The Underworld / HOMER, Odyssey, 11. 568-600
Ixion / PINDAR, Pythian, 2. 21-48
The Danaids / HORACE, Odes, 3.11. 13-52
II EARLY HEROES AND HEROINES
Heracles / Homeric Hymns, 1-8
Labors of Heracles / EURIPIDES, Heracles, 348-429
Labors of Heracles / APOLLODORUS, The Library, II. 5.5-6
Heracles and Cerberus / HOMER, Odyssey, 11. 601-626
Incidental Labors of Heracles / HYGINUS, Myths, 31
Heracles and Hylas / THEOCRITUS, Idylls, 13. 36-67
Hercules and Cacus / VIRGIL, Aeneid, 8. 193-267
Jason / PINDAR, Pythian, 4.66-255
Jason and Medea / EURIPIDES, Medea, 1-43; 1323-1343; 1377-1388
Theseus / PLUTARCH, Lives, "Theseus" (with omissions)
Theseus, Ariadne and Dionysus / Catullus, 64.246-264
Meleager / HOMER, Iliad, 9. 529-599
Meleager / OVID, Metamorphoses, 8. 273-532 (with omissions)
Perseus / OVID, Metamorphoses, 4. 610-803
Oedipus / AESCHYLUS, Seven against Thebes, 742-784
Jocasta / EURIPIDES, Phoenissae, 10-87
Antigone / SOPHOCLES, Antigone, 891-928 R. (revised)
Tiresias / SOPHOCLES, Oedipus the King, 447-462 (revised)
The Seven against Thebes / SOPHOCLES, Oedipus at Colonus, 1309-1329
The Heroines / HOMER, Odyssey, 11. 235-327
III THE HOMERIC HEROES
1. The story of Achilles; Greeks and Trojans
The design of the Iliad / HOMER, Iliad, I. 1-7
The birth of Achilles / PINDAR, Isthmian, 8.27-59
Achilles' version of the quarrel / HOMER, Iliad, I. 366-412
Achilles' threat / HOMER, Iliad, I. 225-244
The Embassy / HOMER, Iliad, 9.622-668
Achilles sends Patroclus to inquire about a wounded Greek / HOMER, Iliad, 11. 596-615
Nestor addresses Patroclus / HOMER, Iliad, 11. 783-805
Zeus addresses Hera / HOMER, Iliad, 15.49-77
Patroclus urges Achilles / HOMER, Iliad, 16. 20-100
Thetis comes to Acliilles / HOMER, Iliad, 18.78-126
Reconciliation / HOMER, Iliad, 19. 55-144
Briseis' return / HOMER, Iliad, 19. 282-302
Hector and Achilles / HOMER, Iliad, 22. 131-138
The pursuit / HOMER, Iliad. 22. 188-213
Hector faces Achilles / HOMER, Iliad, 22. 239-272
Achilles and Hector fight / HOMER, Iliad, 22. 317-366
Achilles maltreats the body of Hector / HOMER, Iliad, 22. 395-409
The wild grief of Achilles / HOMER, Iliad, 23. 17-23
The shade of Patroclus / HOMER, Iliad, 23. 60-84
The gods intervene / HOMER, Iliad, 24. 31-45
Priam goes to ransom the body of Hector / HOMER, Iliad, 24. 477-533
Achilles accepts the ransom / HOMER, Iliad, 24. 572-595
Odysseus meets Achilles in the underworld / HOMER, Odyssey, 11. 471-491
Greek leaders at Troy / HOMER, Iliad, 3. 139-244
Helen / HOMER, Iliad, 6. 344-358
Helen / EURIPIDES, Helen, 18-59 (revised)
Helen and Menelaus / HOMER, Odyssey, 4. 219-289
Helen and Menclaus / HOMER, Odyssey, 4. 561-569
Iphigeneia / AESCHYLUS, Agamemnon, 183-253
Agamemnon and Clytemnestra / HOMER, Odyssey, I. 35-43
Agamemnon and Clytemnestra / HOMER, Odyssey, 3. 247-312
Agamemnon and Clytemnestra / HOMER, Odyssey, 4. 512-537
Agamemnon speaks to Odysseus / HOMER, Odyssey, 11. 387-434
Agamemnon talks to Amphimedon / HOMER, Odyssey, 24. 191-202
Aegisthus / AESCHYLUS, Agamemnon, 1583-1611
Aias / SOPHOCLES, Ajax, 815-865
Castor and Polydeukes / PINDAR, Nemean, 10. 55-90
Philoctetes / SOPHOCLES, Philoctetes, 261-284
Diomede / HOMER, Iliad, 9. 32-49
2. The Wanderings of Odysseus
The plot of the Odyssey / ARISTOTLE, Poetics, 17.5
Odysseus' character / HOMER, Iliad, 10. 241-253
Penelope / HOMER, Odyssey, 2. 87-145
Telemachus / HOMER, Odyssey, 2. 36-74
Telemachus visits Nestor / HOMER, Odyssey, 3.65-101
The Cicones / HOMER, Odyssey, 9. 39-61
The Lotus-eaters / HOMER, Odyssey, 9. 83-102
Polyphemus, the Cyclops / APOLLODORUS, Epitome, 7. 4-9
Aeolus and the Winds / HOMER, Odyssey, 10. 1-75
Circe / HOMER, Odyssey, 10. 135-495
Elpenor / HOMER, Odyssey, 11. 51-78
The Sirens / HOMER, Odyssey, 12. 154-200
Scylla and Charybdis / HOMER, Odyssey, 12. 202-259
The Cattle of Helios / HOMER, Odyssey, 12. 127-141
Calypso / HOMER, Odyssey, 5. 75-147
Calypso / HOMER, Odyssey, 5. 202-224
Nausicaa / HOMER, Odyssey, 6. 1-331
Odysseus and Nausicaa / HOMER, Odyssey, 8. 454-468
Odysseus and Penelope / HOMER, Odyssey, 19. 559-587
Argus, the hound / HOMER, Odyssey, 17. 291-327
Telemachus speaks out / HOMER, Odyssey, 20. 299-337
The trial of the bow / HOMER, Odyssey, 21. 404-423
Death of the suitors / HOMER, Odyssey, 22. 381-389
Odysseus and Penelope: the final test / HOMER, Odyssey, 23. 153-204
The end of the Odyssey / HOMER, Odyssey, 24. 539-548
3. Aeneas and Rome
The plot of the Aeneid / VIRGIL, Aeneid, I. 1-7
Rome's destiny / VIRGIL, Aeneid, I. 257-294
Aeneas and Dido / VIRGIL, Aeneid, I. 340-368
Aeneas sees Dido / VIRGIL, Aeneid, I. 588-656
Dido in love / VIRGIL, Aeneid, 4. 65-85
The hunt / VIRGIL, Aeneid, 4. 151-172
Mercury warns Aeneas / VIRGIL, Aeneid, 4. 256-276
Dido addresses Aeneas / VIRGIL, Aeneid, 4. 305-387
Mercury again warns Aeneas / VIRGIL, Aeneid, 4. 554-570
Dido sees the ships leaving the harbor / VIRGIL, Aeneid, 4. 584-624
Dido's last words / VIRGIL, Aeneid, 4. 642-665
The death of Dido / VIRGIL, Aeneid, 4. 693-705
Myths of early Rome / VIRGIL, Aeneid, 4.693-705
The death of Pallas / VIRGIL, Aeneid, 10.453-509
The death of Turnus / VIRGIL, Aeneid, 12. 924-952
IV INDIVIDUAL MYTHS
Bellerophon / PINDAR, Olympian, 13. 60-90
Bellerophon / HOMER, Iliad, 6. 152-202
Cadmus / OVID, Metamorphoses, 3. 1-137
Daedalus / OVID, Metamorphoses, 8. 153-235
Io / BACCHYLIDES, Complete Poems, 19
Niobe / HOMER, Iliad, 24. 602-617
Procne / OVID, Metamorphoses, 6. 422-673
Phaethon / OVID, Metmorphoses, 2.1-331 (with omissions)
Asklepios / PINDAR, Pythian, 3. 1-68
Proteus / VIRGIL, Georgics, 4. 387-414 S.
Midas / OVID, Metamorphoses, n. 101-193
Hippolytus / VIRGIL, Aeneid, 7. 761-782
V LOVERS, IMMORTAL AND MORTAL
Zeus and Hera / HOMER, Iliad, 14. 153-353
Europa / MOSCHUS, Idyl, 2. 1-166 (with omissions)
Apollo and Daphne / OVID, Metamorphoses, i. 452-567
Hyacmthus / OVID, Metamorphoses, 10. 162-219
Aphrodite and Ares / HOMER, Odyssey, 8. 266-366
Venus and Adonis / OVID, Metamorphoses, 10. 519-559; 706-739
Pan and Syrinx / OVID. Metamorphoses, I. 689-712
Orpheus and Eurydice / VIRGIL, Georgics, 4. 454-527
Arethusa / OVID, Metamorphoses, 5. 572-641
Atalanta / OVID, Metamorphoses, 10. 560-707
Boreas and Orithyia / OVID, Metamorphoses, 6. 677-721
Cephalus and Procris / OVID, Metamorphoses, 7. 694-862
Ceyx and Alcyone / OVID, Metamorphoses, 11.410-748 (with omissions)
Echo and Narcissus /OVID, Metamorphoses, 3. 339-509
Salmacis and Hermaphroditus / OVID, Metamorphoses, 4. 285-388
Pygmalion / OVID, Metamorphoses, 10. 243-297
Scylla and Minos / OVID, Metamorphoses, 8. 6-151 (with omissions)
Alcestis and Admetus / PLATO, Symposium, 179B,C
Laodamia and Protesilaus / CATULLUS, 68, 73-108 (with omissions)
Protesilaus and Laodamia / HYGINUS, Myths, 103, 104
Pyramus and Thisbe / OVID, Metamorphoses, 4. 55-166
Cyclops and Galatea / THEOCRITUS, Idylls, 11. 19-66
Hero and Leander / VIRGIL, Georgics, 3. 258-263
Baucis and Philemon / OVID, Metamorphoses, 8. 620-724
APPENDIX
1. The Cyclic Epics
PROCLUS, Chrestomathy, i-ii
The Cypria
The Aethiopis
The Little Iliad
The Sack of Ilium
The Returns
The Telegony
2. Poetical history in Herodotus
Solon and Croesus / HERODOTUS, I. 50-33
Arion / HERODOTUS, I. 24
Gyges and Candaules / HERODOTUS, I. 8-12
Polycrates / HERODOTUS, 3. 40-43
3. Philosophic use of Myth in Plato
The Soul / PLATO, Phaedrus, 253D-254E
Man's nature / PLATO, Symposium, 189C-191D
The Allegory of the Cave / PLATO, Republic, 7. 514-517
The Apocalypse of Er / PLATO, Republic, 10. 614-621B
4. Cupid and Psyche
APULEIUS, The Golden Ass, 4.28-6.24 (compressed)
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