Introduction 1
PART Ⅰ THE GODS 3
Chapter 3
Ⅰ The World of the Myths 3
Ⅱ The Gods of Olympus:Zeus 12
Ⅲ Hera,Athena,Hephaestus 23
Ⅰ．Hera(Juno) 23
Ⅱ．Athena(Minerva) 25
Ⅲ．Hephaestus(Vulcan) 30
Ⅳ Apollo and Artemis 33
Ⅰ．Apollo 33
Ⅱ．Artemis(Diana) 48
Ⅴ Hermes and Hestia 55
Ⅰ．Hermes(Mercury) 55
Ⅱ．Hestia(Vesta) 58
Ⅵ Ares and Aphrodite 61
Ⅰ．Ares(mars) 61
Ⅱ．Aphrodite(Venus) 63
Ⅶ The Lesser Deities of Olympus 71
Ⅰ．Eros(Cupid) 71
Ⅱ．Other Deities of Olympus 79
Ⅷ The Gods of the Sea 81
Ⅸ The Gods of the Earth 87
Ⅹ The World of the Dead 102
PART Ⅱ THE HEROES 109
Ⅺ Stories of Argos 109
Ⅻ Heracles(Hercules) 115
ⅩⅢ Stories of Crete,Sparta,Corinth,and Aetolia 125
Ⅰ．Stories of Crete 125
Ⅱ．Stories of Sparta 127
Ⅲ．Stories of Corinth 128
Ⅳ．The Calydonian Boar Hunt 131
ⅩⅣ Stories of Attica 133
ⅩⅤ Stories of Thebes 140
ⅩⅥ The Argonautic Expedition 146
ⅩⅦ The Trojan War 154
ⅩⅧ The Wanderings of Odysseus 169
ⅩⅨ The Tragedy of Agamemnon 182
ⅩⅩ The Legendary Origin of Rome 185
Appendix A 198
Appendix B 198