Recounts the classical myth about the triple-bodied monster who lost his life and herd of red oxen in a battle with Hercules.

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Product Description: Representative Chapters in Ancient History is not just another set of reference books or an attempt to completely summarize the ancient world. It is meant to be read as a lively and realistic portrait of classical antiquity. These books represent eras of ancient history at a level of detail usually reserved for full scale accounts, making it a great text both for college students and for the general reader...read more

Collects ten classic Greek and Roman myths about gods, goddesses, and heroes, including Ulysses, King Midas, Cupid, Icarus, and Atalanta.

Product Description: Provides an introduction to the character of Aeneas and his importance in Greek and Roman mythology.

Product Description: Provides an introduction to the cyclops characters and their roles in Greek and Roman mythology.

Product Description: L'Antiquité est un véritable bouillon cultuel: d'Homère à Augustin, Grecs et Romains ont interrogé de manière continue le lien inextricable entre l'univers des dieux et celui des hommes. Avec déférence ou impertinence, ils nous ont laissé les portraits colorés d'une multitude de divinités, tantôt terrifiantes, tantôt risibles, le plus souvent partenaires de la vie quotidienne, dont l'histoire permet de penser la place de l'individu, avec ses espoirs et ses angoisses, dans la cité et dans le monde...read more

Classical Mythology: Images and Insights approaches the study of myths through complete works of Greco-Roman literature, including six complete Greek dramas and generous excerpts from the narratives of Homer, Hesiod, Virgil, and Ovid, and through carefully chosen examples of classical works of art, both painting and sculpture. Combining literary masterpieces with the visual arts, this integrative approach offers readers a comprehensive experience with both cognitive and aesthetic appeal.

Since its original publication by Little, Brown & Company in 1942, this author's Mythology has sold millions of copies throughout the world & established itself as a perennial bestseller in its various available formats: hardcover, trade paperback, & mass market paperback. Mythology succeeds like no other book in bringing to life for the modern readeer the Greek, Roman & Norse myths & legends that are the keystone of Western culture - the stories of gods & heroes that have inspired human creativity from antiquity to the present. This new Back Bay trade paperback edition of Mythology replaces the Meridian edition formerly available from the Penguin Group. In August 1998 a new mass market paperback edition of Mythology published by Warner Books will replace the Mentor/Dutton Signet mass market edition formerly available from the Penguin Group.

Product Description: Ancestral fault is a core idea of Greek literature. 'The guiltless will pay for the deeds later: either the man's children, or his descendants thereafter', said Solon in the sixth century BC, a statement echoed throughout the rest of antiquity...read more