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Myths of Greece and Rome / Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art — H. A. Guerber

Myths of Greece and Rome / Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art

H. A. Guerber

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 437 pages

Myths of Greece and Rome, narrated with special reference to literature and art, is a collection of essays by H. A. Guerber. It retells classical myths for general readers and shows how they echo in poetry, painting, and sculpture through quotations and illustrations. It is worth listening to as an accessible guide to the stories that shaped Western art and letters.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. MYTHS OF GREECE AND ROME NARRATED WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO LITERATURE AND ART
  2. PREFACE.
  3. CONTENTS.
  4. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  5. CHAPTER I. THE BEGINNING OF ALL THINGS.
  6. CHAPTER II. JUPITER.
  7. CHAPTER III. JUNO.
  8. CHAPTER IV. MINERVA.
  9. CHAPTER V. APOLLO.
  10. CHAPTER VI. DIANA.
  11. CHAPTER VII. VENUS.
  12. CHAPTER VIII. MERCURY.
  13. CHAPTER IX. MARS.
  14. CHAPTER X. VULCAN.
  15. CHAPTER XI. NEPTUNE.
  16. CHAPTER XII. PLUTO.
  17. CHAPTER XIII. BACCHUS.
  18. CHAPTER XIV. CERES AND PROSERPINA.
  19. CHAPTER XV. VESTA.
  20. CHAPTER XVI. JANUS.
  21. CHAPTER XVII. SOMNUS AND MORS.
  22. CHAPTER XVIII. ÆOLUS.
  23. CHAPTER XIX. HERCULES.
  24. CHAPTER XX. PERSEUS.
  25. CHAPTER XXI. THESEUS.
  26. CHAPTER XXII. JASON.
  27. CHAPTER XXIII. THE CALYDONIAN HUNT.
  28. CHAPTER XXIV. ŒDIPUS.
  29. CHAPTER XXV. BELLEROPHON.
  30. CHAPTER XXVI. MINOR DIVINITIES.

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