Myths of greeeks and romans

Free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com www.ebook777.com Free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com OUR CLASSICAL HERITAGE Making extensive use of the theories of anthropologists, historians, and psychoanalysts, along with the creative interpretations of modern artists and writers, classical scholar Michael Grant demonstrates the influence of mythology on the study and execution of artistic and scientific endeavors throughout the ages The author traces each Greek and Roman myth in chronological order back to its ancient source, exposing its origin in historical fact or religious myth He retells the sagas of Agamemnon, Odysseus, Achilles, Oedipus, as well as the legends of the lesser gods and heroes With perception, clarity, and wit, Grant explains how an ancient myth can be the source of a psychoanalytical revelation or the basis for a popular fairy tale This book is an important contribution to the understanding of our cultural heritage This volume contains maps, genealogical tables, and 64 pages of photographs and plates, as well as an appendix on additional myths, chapter notes, a bibliography, and an index one of the world's foremost historians and the recipient of numerous awards for his scholarship, also is the author of The Ancient Mediterranean and The World of Rome (both Meridian) MICHAEL GRANT, www.ebook777.com Free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com MICHAEL GRANT Myths of the Greeks and Romans REVISED AND UPDATED BIBLIOGRAPHY A MERIDIAN BOOK www.ebook777.com Free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com MERIDIAN Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Books USA Inc., 375 Hudson Slreet, New York, New York 10014, U.S.A Penguin Books Ltd, 27 Wrights Lane, London W8 5TZ, England Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia Penguin Books Canada Ltd, 10 Alcorn Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4V 3B2 Penguin Books (N.Z.) Ltd, 182-190 Wairau Road, Auckland 10, New Zealand Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England Published by Meridian, an imprint of Dutton Signet, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc This is an authorized reprint of a hardcover edition published by The World Publishing Company and in the United Kingdom by George Weidenfeld and Nicolson Ltd First Meridian Printing, September, 1995 20 19 18 17 16 Copyright © 1962 by Michael Grant Bibliography copyright © 1986, 1995 by Michael Grant Previously published in a Mentor edition All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher, except for brief passages included in a review appearing in a newspaper or magazine For information address Harry N Abrams, Inc., 100 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y 10011 Acknowledgment is made to Harcourt Brace & Co for permission to reprint the following: Copyright © 1961 by Rae Dalven Reprinted from The Complete Poems of Cavafy translated by Rae Dalven, by permission of Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc From Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus, an English version by Robert Fitzgerald Copyright © 1941 by Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., and reprinted with their permission ® REGISTERED TRADEMARK—MARCA REGISTRADA L I B R A R Y OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA: Grant, Michael, 1914Myths of the Greeks and Romans / Michael Grant p cm Includes bibliographical references ISBN 0-452-01162-0 Mythology, Classical I Title BL722.G7 1995 292.1'3—dc20 95-10012 CIP Printed in the United States of America Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book BOOKS A R E A V A I L A B L E AT QUANTITY DISCOUNTS WHEN USED TO PROMOTE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES FOR INFORMATION P L E A S E WRITE TO PREMIUM MARKETING DIVISION, PENGUIN BOOKS USA INC., HUDSON STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10014 Free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com CONTENTS Foreword page xvfl PART I: THE HEROES OF HOMER THE WRATH OF ACHILLES i ii iii iv v ODYSSEUS i ii iii iv 62 The Story Told in the Odyssey Odysseus Ever-repeated Tales Beyond the World's End PART II: ZEUS, APOLLO, DEMETER THE RISE OP ZEUS i ii iii iv 86 The Story Told in the Theogony Myths of Creation Zeus Was Not Always There The Destruction of the Rebels APOLLO AND DEMETER i 23 The Story Told in the Iliad Troy and Homer Achilles: Helen The Qualities of a Hero The Hero and His Gods The Story Told in the Hymn to Apollo v www.ebook777.com 118 V¿ CONTENTS Free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com ii iii iv v The Brilliant God of Hellenism The Story Told in the Hymn to Demeter Mother Earth Myth and Ritual PART III: AGAMEMNON PROMETHEUS AND THE HOUSE OF AGAMEMNON i ii iii iv 144 The Story of the Oresteia Told by Aeschylus Tragic Drama Chooses Myth The God Who Exacts the Price To O'Neill, Eliot and Sartre PROMETHEUS 178 i The Story of the Prometheus Bound Told by Aeschylus ii The Resistance Hero PART IV: OEDIPUS ANTIGONE AND OEDIPUS 190 i The Story of the King Oedipus Told by Sophocles ii Why Is Oedipus Destroyed? iii The Oedipus Complex iv Oedipus at Colonus ANTIGONE 211 i The Story of the Antigone Told by Sophocles ii Who Is Right and Who Is Wrong? PART V: HERACLES DIONYSUS AND HERACLES WHO CONQUERS DEATH i The Story of the Alcestis Told by Euripides 222 Free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com CONTENTS VU fi A New Look at the Myths iii The Harrowing of Hell DIONYSUS WHO GIVES ECSTASY 241 i The Story of the Bacchae Told by Euripides ii The Irresistible Irrational PART VI: HEROIC SEARCHERS 11 THE QUEST FOR THE GOLDEN FLEECE i The Story of the Argonautica Told by Apollonius ii Alexandrians and Victorians THE QUEST FOR A LOST W I F E 252 266 i The Story of Orpheus and Eurydice Told by Virgil ii The Holy Orphic Books iii The Poetic Expression of Myth THE QUEST FOR A NEW HOME 285 i The Story of the Aeneid Told by Virgil ii Nationalism and Guilt iii The Two Gates of Sleep THE QUEST FOR A ROMAN PAST 307 i The Story of Romulus Told by Livy ii Patriotic Foundation-myth iii The Stories of Tarquín and Horatius Told by Livy iv History in Legend PART VII: THE FACES THOUSAND OF LOVE 15 oviD i Changes of Shape ii Loves Sad and Heavy www.ebook777.com 328 Viü CONTENTS ==> Free ebooks www.ebook777.com iii Loves Triumphant iv Pious Couples Rewarded THE INVISIBLE LOVER 357 i The Story of Cupid and Psyche Told by Apuleius ii Fairy-Story iii Allegory? HE DIED FOR LOVE 373 i The Story of Hero and Leander Told by Musaeus ii Autumnal Tint Maps 379 Some Additional Myths 387 Bibliography 395 Chapter Notes 403 Index 415 ... FOREWORD The myths told by the Greeks and Romans are as important as history for our understanding of what those peoples, ancestors of our own civilization, believed and thought and felt, and expressed... private lives And then without these myths we should be hard put to it to understand the arts and literature and ways of thinking of the west, and of many other parts of the world as well, during the... help of various kinds, to Miss Martine Franck, Miss Veronica Lemmon, Professor Joseph Campbell; Dr R A Higgins and Dr J P C Kent of the British Museum; and officials of the London Library and