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Tables of Contents for Classical Gods and Heroes
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
1
9
The Major Deities (chart)
10
284
The Creation
From Hesiod, Theogony
11
3
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
14
2
The Birth of Zeus
From Hesiod, Theogony
16
3
Zeus and the Titans
From Hesiod, Theogony
19
5
Pandora
From Hesiod, Works and Days
24
2
The Ages of Mankind
From Hesiod, Works and Days
26
2
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
28
3
The Council of the Gods
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
31
2
The Flood
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
33
2
Deucalion and Pyrrha
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
35
3
The Birth of Athena
From Hesiod, Theogony
38
2
The Muses
From Hesiod, Theogony
40
2
Demeter
From Homeric Hymns
42
9
Atlas
From Hesiod, Theogony; Astronomy
51
1
Daphne and Apollo
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
52
4
Io
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
56
4
Phaethon
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
60
7
Europa
From Moschus, Bucolica
67
2
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
69
2
Arachne
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
71
4
Tantalus
From Pindar, Olympian Odes
75
2
Niobe
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
77
4
Dionysus
From Homeric Hymns
81
3
Hermes and Apollo
From Homeric Hymns
84
7
Pan
From Homeric Hymns
91
2
Echo and Narcissus
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
93
4
Perseus and Andromeda
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
97
3
Bellerophon and Pegasus
From Pindar, Olympian Odes
100
2
Daedalus
From Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica
102
3
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
105
2
Oedipus and Sphinx
From Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica
107
2
Oedipus the King
From Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus
109
44
The Building of the Walls of Troy
From Pindar, Olympian Odes
153
1
The Infant Heracles
From Pindar, Nemean Odes
154
2
The Labors of Heracles
From Apollodorus, Bibliotheca
156
10
Heracles
From Homeric Hymns
166
1
From Hesiod, Theogony
167
1
Theseus
From Apollodorus, Bibliotheca; Epitome
168
5
The Marriage of Peleus and Thetis
From Catullus, Poems
173
7
Ixion
From Pindar, Pythian Odes
180
1
The Argonauts
From Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica
181
10
Jason and Medea
From Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica
191
9
Atalanta
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
200
5
Orpheus
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
205
4
Midas
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
209
3
Philemon and Baucis
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
212
3
The Judgment of Paris
From Apollodorus, Epitome; Bibliotheca
215
2
Hector and Achilles
From Homer, Iliad
217
16
The Trojan Horse
From Vergil, Aeneid
233
5
The Cyclopes
From Homer, Odyssey
238
7
Circe
From Homer, Odyssey
245
6
The Sirens and Scylla and Charybdis
From Homer, Odyssey
251
6
Aeneas and the Lower World
From Vergil, Aeneid
257
8
Cupid and Psyche
From Apuleius, Metamorphoses
265
23
Pyramus and Thisbe
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
288
4
Pygmalion
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
292
2
Bibliography
294
1
Glossary
295