Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction; Part I. Myths of the Gods: 1. The birth of Athena Children of the gods; 2. The erotic impulse; 3. The return of Hephaistos; 4. The reception of Herakles among the gods; 5. Other gods arrive on Olympos; 6. The battles of the gods against the Titans and Typhon; 7. The battle between the gods and the Giants Other opponents of the gods; Part II. Legends of the Heroes: 1. Genealogical cross-links; 2. Kadmos and his family: Pentheus; 3. Perseus, Bellerophon and Oedipus; 4. Herakles; 5. Theseus; 6. The epic of the Argonauts; 7. The Seven against Thebes; 8. The Trojan War; Part III. Conclusions: Abbreviations; Notes; List of illustrations (with bibliographical notes); List of museums and collections; Sources of photographs; Index.

Promotional Information

This volume is the second in Schefold's ambitious project to trace the representation of the Greek myths in Greek art from the beginnings down to the Hellenistic period.