BookOh my gods : a modern retelling of Greek and Roman myths
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Main title
- Oh my gods : a modern retelling of Greek and Roman myths / Philip Freeman.
Edition
- 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Published/Created
- New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2012.
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Description
- xx, 348 p. : geneal. tables ; 24 cm.
ISBN
- 9781451609974
- 1451609973
LC classification
- BL782 .F73 2012
Summary
- A professor of classics and visiting scholar at the Harvard Divinity school presents modern interpretations of traditional Greek and Roman myths that render classic themes accessible to a new generation of readers.
Contents
- Creation -- Gods. Zeus ; Poseidon ; Hades ; Apollo ; Hephaestus ; Ares ; Hermes ; Pan ; Helios ; Dionysus ; Cupid -- Goddesses. Hera ; Demeter ; Artemis ; Aphrodite ; Hecate ; Hestia ; Athena ; Eos ; The Muses ; The Fates ; Cybele -- Heroes. Perseus ; Theseus ; Daedalus and Icarus ; Bellerophon ; Melampus ; Atalanta ; Procne and Philomela -- Lovers. Narcissus and Echo ; Pyramus and Thisbe ; Ceyx and Alcyone ; Glaucus and Scylla ; Hero and Leander ; Hypermnestra and Lynceus ; Baucis and Philemon ; Alpheus and Arethusa ; Pomona and Vertumnus ; Endymion and Selene ; Orpheus and Eurydice -- Hercules -- Oedipus -- Argonauts -- Troy -- Mycenae -- Odysseus -- Aeneas -- Rome. Romulus and Remus ; The Horatii brothers ; One-eyed Horatius ; Scaevola ; Cloelia ; Lucretia -- Genealogies -- Greek and Roman gods.
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Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-336) and index.
LCCN
- 2011039704
Dewey class no.
- 398.20938
Other system no.
- (OCoLC)ocn709673432
Invalid ISBN
- 9781451609998 (ebook)
Type of material
- Book
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- BL782 .F73 2012 CABIN BRANCH
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