Part One The Olympian Gods and Other Deities 2
Introduction to Part One 2
1．The Olympian Gods 4
2．Zeus'Consorts and Some of Their Tribulations 13
3．Artemis and Actaeon 20
4．The Creation and Recreation of Man 24
5．Athena 31
6．Dionysus 36
7．Midas 42
8．Persephone 46
9．Hades and the Underworld 51
10．Other Deities 56
Part Two Stories of Love and Adventure 62
Introduction to Part Two:Stories of Love 62
11．Atalanta 64
12．Apollo and Daphne 69
13．Cupid and Psyche 73
14．Venus and Adonis 83
15．Pvramus and Thisbe 87
16．Echo and Narcissus 91
17．Pygmalion 95
Introduction to Parf Two:Stories of Adventure 98
18．Perseus and Medusa 100
19．Jason and the Golden Fleece 107
20．The Twelve Labors of Heracles 114
21．Cadmus 124
22．Oedipus Rex 129
23．Theseus 133
Part Three The Trojan War and Thereafter 142
Introduction to Part Three 142
24．The Trojan War 144
25．Agamemnon 159
26．The Story of Odysseus 164
27．The Story of Aeneas（Ⅰ） 181
28．The Story of Aeneas（Ⅱ） 190
Part Four Selected Readings in Mythological Classics 204
1．Ovid Metamorphoses 204
2．Homer The Iliad 209
The Odyssey 245
3．Virgil The Aeneid 291
4．Aeschylus Agamemnon 316
5．Sophocles Oedipus the King 325
6．Euripides Medea 336
The Trojan Women 342
Appendices 350
1．Names and Roles of Greek and Roman Gods 350
2．The Family of Helen of Troy 351
3．The House of Troy 351
4．Maps 351
5．A Pronouncing Glossary of Mythological Names and Allusions 355
6．A Selected List of Western Works with Greco-Roman Mythological Relevance 375
Bibliography 379