MythologySince its original publication by Little, Brown and Company in 1942, Edith Hamilton's Mythology has sold millions of copies throughout the world and established itself as a perennial bestseller in its various available formats: hardcover, trade paperback, and mass market paperback. Mythology succeeds like no other book in bringing to life for the modern reader the Greek, Roman, and Norse myths and legends that are the keystone of Western culture -- the stories of gods and heroes that have inspired human creativity from antiquity to the present. This new Back Bay trade paperback edition of Mythology replaces the Meridian edition formerly available from the Penguin Group. In August 1998 a new mass market paperback edition of Mythology published by Warner Books will replace the Mentor/Dutton Signet mass market edition formerly available from the Penguin Group. |
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Page 124
... seemed impossible , beyond the strength of anyone . Finally he answered , " I will make the trial , monstrous though it is , even if it is my doom to die . " With that he rose up and led his comrades back to the ship for the night , but ...
... seemed impossible , beyond the strength of anyone . Finally he answered , " I will make the trial , monstrous though it is , even if it is my doom to die . " With that he rose up and led his comrades back to the ship for the night , but ...
Page 143
... seemed always about to wash over them . The dawn came , but with no comfort to her for she could not see it . Neither could she see that around them there were islands rising high above the sea , many islands . All she knew was that ...
... seemed always about to wash over them . The dawn came , but with no comfort to her for she could not see it . Neither could she see that around them there were islands rising high above the sea , many islands . All she knew was that ...
Page 179
... seemed to him the fairest , but only to con- sider the bribes each offered and choose which seemed to him best worth taking . Nevertheless , the choice was not easy . What men care for most was set before him . Hera promised to make him ...
... seemed to him the fairest , but only to con- sider the bribes each offered and choose which seemed to him best worth taking . Nevertheless , the choice was not easy . What men care for most was set before him . Hera promised to make him ...
Contents
FOREWORD V | 13 |
The Lesser Gods of Earth | 40 |
THE TWO GREAT GODS OF EARTH | 47 |
Copyright | |
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Achilles Admetus Aeneas Agamemnon anger Aphrodite Apollo Apollodorus Artemis asked Athena bade beautiful blood brother brought called Clytemnestra creature Creüsa cried dark daughter dead death Demeter Dionysus divine earth Euripides evil eyes father fear fell forever gave girl give goddess gods Greece Greek Hades hand heart heaven Hector Hera Hercules Hermes hero Hesiod horses husband Iliad immortal Iphigenia island Jason killed King knew land lived looked maiden married Medea Menelaus mortal mother mythology never night Norse nymph Odysseus Oedipus Olympus once oracle Orestes Ovid palace Pelias Pentheus Persephone Perseus Pirithoüs poets Poseidon Prometheus Psyche punished river sail seemed ship sister sons spoke story strange Telemachus tell terrible Thebes Theseus thing thought told took tree Trojans Troy turned Venus wife wind woman women wonder words young Zeus Zeus's