Cassell's Dictionary of Classical Mythology (Cassell Reference)

• Publisher: Cassell
• Year: 2001
• Leaves: 831
• Series: Cassell Reference
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

An award winner by an expert on ancient Greek culture! Gods and goddesses, personalities and places, history and archeology: this fascinating and superbly authoritative work taps into the richest veins of the classical world--its mythology. It covers all the principal stories, characters (divine, human, and animal), sacred sites, and important events that shaped past civilizations...and our own. Extensive quotations from the original sources and over 100 illustrations enliven more than 400 articles.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Copyright page......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 7
Introduction......Page 9
The Dictionary......Page 13
A (15)......Page 15
B (164)......Page 164
C (173)......Page 173
D (238)......Page 238
E (275)......Page 275
F (320)......Page 320
G (324)......Page 324
H (341)......Page 341
I (413)......Page 413
J (438)......Page 438
K (445)......Page 445
L (446)......Page 446
M (472)......Page 472
N (519)......Page 519
O (540)......Page 540
P (577)......Page 577
Q (678)......Page 678
R (679)......Page 679
S (684)......Page 684
T (717)......Page 717
U (779)......Page 779
V (780)......Page 780
W (783)......Page 783
X (786)......Page 786
Z (788)......Page 788
Map: The Mediterranean World......Page 796
Map: The Greek World......Page 798
Genealogical tables......Page 800
1: The First Gods......Page 801
2: The Line of Prometheus......Page 802
3: The Line of Io......Page 803
4: The Royal House of Thebes......Page 804
6: The Line of Europa......Page 805
7: The Line of Tantalus......Page 806
8: The Royal House of Athens......Page 807
9: Trojans and Romans......Page 808
10: The Line of Aegina......Page 809
Greek and Latin Authors......Page 810
Select Bibliography......Page 815
Index of Place Names......Page 817

✦ Subjects

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