Part One The Olympian Gods and Other Deities 1
Introduction to Part One：The Olympian Gods and Other Deities 2
1．The Olympian Gods 5
Cultural Connections：Pantheon 12
2．The Nature of Zeus 15
Cultural Connections：Astral Mythology 21
3．Artemis and Actaeon 23
Cultural Connections：The Sleep of Endymion 26
4．The Creation and Recreation of Man 28
Cultural Connections：The Hellenistic Civilization 33
5．Athena 36
Cultural Connections：Parthenon 40
6．Dionysus 42
Cultural Connections：Dionysus in Art 47
7．Midas 49
Cultural Connections：Poussin's Midas and Bacchus 52
8．Persephone 55
Cultural Connections：The Eleusinian Mysteries 59
9．Hades and the Underworld 61
Cultural Connections：Katabasis（Descent into the Underworld） 66
10．Other Deities 69
Cultural Connections：The Best-known Picture in America 72
Part Two Stories of Love and Adventure 75
Introduction to Part Two：Stories of Love 76
11．Atalanta 79
Cultural Connections：Atalanta and Hippomenes 83
12．Apollo and Daphne 85
Cultural Connections：Bernini's Apollo and Daphne 88
13．Cupid and Psyche 90
Cultural Connections：Psyche and Butterfly 99
14．Venus and Adonis 102
Cultural Connections：Adonis Belt（Complex,Index,etc.） 104
15．Pyramus and Thisbe 107
Cultural Connections：The Pyramus and Thisbe Club 110
16．Echo and Narcissus 112
Cultural Connections：Narcissistic Personality Disorder（NPD） 115
17．Pygmalion 117
Cultural Connections：The Pygmalion and the Galatea Effect 120
Introduction to Part Two：Stories of Adventure 122
18．Perseus and Medusa 124
Cultural Connections：A Chimera in the Greeks'Brain 129
19．Jason and the Golden Fleece 132
Cultural Connections：The Medea Complex/Syndrome 137
20．The Twelve Labors of Heracles 139
Cultural Connections：Heracles in Action 147
21．Cadmus 150
Cultural Connections：Hubris and Nemesis 154
22．Oedipus Rex 157
Cultural Connections：Moreau's Oedipus and the Sphinx 160
23．Theseus 162
Cultural Connections：Ariadne's Thread and the Ship of Theseus 167
Part Three The Trojan War and Thereafter 171
Introduction to Part Three：The Trojan War and Thereafter 172
24．The Trojan War 174
Cultural Connections：Spin-offs of the Trojan War 186
25．Agamemnon 190
Cultural Connections：“I have gazed upon the face of Agamemnon." 193
26．The Story of Odysseus 196
Cultural Connections：The Afterlife of Odysseus 210
27．The Story of Aeneas（Ⅰ） 214
Cultural Connections：Literature as Propaganda 222
28．The Story of Aeneas（Ⅱ） 224
Cultural Connections：“I found Rome a city of brick,but left it a city of marble." 235
Part Four Selected Readings in Mythological Classics 239
Hesiod 241
Theogony 241
Ovid 250
Metamorphoses 250
Homer 256
Iliad 256
Odyssey 293
Virgil 342
Aeneid 342
Aeschylus 368
Agamemnon 368
Sophocles 377
Oedipus the King 377
Euripides 388
Medea 388
Trojan Women 394
Appendix 403
A Pronouncing Glossary of Mythological Names and Allusions 403
Bibliography 425