While familiarity with classical mythology is generally
recognized as essential to the understanding of literature and art
and to the preservation of a great and valuable part of our
artistic and spiritual heritage, the method of assuring such a
familiarity to the rising generation differs in different schools.
In many the stories of the gods and heroes are read in the lower
grades from one or another of the children''s books based on the
myths, and any further knowledge of the subject depends upon the
study of Vergil and other Latin or Greek writers and on the use of
reference books in connection with reading in English
literature.
目錄:
Introduction
PART I THE GODS
Chapter
I The World of the Myths
II The Gods of Olympus: Zeus
III Hera, Athena, Hephaestus
I. Hera Juno
II. Athena Minerva
III. Hephaestus Vulcan
IV Apollo and Artemis
I. Apollo
II. Artemis Diana
V Hermes and Hestia
I . Hermes Mercury
II. Hestia Vesta
VI Ares and Aphrodite
I. Ares mars
II. Aphrodite Venus
VII The Lesser Deities of Olympus
I . Eros Cupid
II. Other Deities of Olympus
The Gods of the Sea
IX The Gods of the Earth
X The World of the Dead
PART II THE HEROES
XI Stories of Argos
XII Heracles Hercules
XIII Stories of Crete, Sparta, Corinth, and Aetolia
I. Stories of Crete
II. Stories of Sparta
III. Stories of Corinth
IV. The Calydonian Boar Hunt
XIV Stories of Attica
XV Stories of Thebes
XVI The Argonautic Expedition
XVII The Trojan War
The Wanderings of Odysseus
XIX The Tragedy of Agamemnon
XX The Legendary Origin of Rome
Appendix A
Appendix B