I. DEFINITIONS AND BACKGROUND.

1. The Nature of Myth.
2. The Cultural Context of Classical Myth.
3. The Development of Classical Myth.

II. DIVINE MYTHS.

4. Myths of Creation: The Rise of Zeus.
5. Myths of Creation: The Origins of Mortals.
6. Myths of the Olympian Gods: Zeus and Hera.
7. Myths of the Olympian Gods: The Male Deities.
8. Myths of the Olympian Gods: The Female Deities.
9. Myths of Fertility: Demeter and the Great Goddess.
10. Myths of Fertility: Dionysus.
11. Myths of Death: Encounters with the Underworld.

III. LEGENDS.

12. Introduction to Heroic Myth.
13. Perseus and Myths of the Argive Plain.
14. Heracles.
15. Theseus and the Myths of Athens.
16. The Myths of Crete.
17. Oedipus and the Myths of Thebes.
18. Jason and the Myths of Iolcus and Calydon.
19. The Trojan War: The House of Atreus; The Anger of Achilles.
20. The Trojan War: The Fall of Troy; The Return of Agamemnon.
21. The Return of Odysseus.
22. Roman Myth.

IV. INTERPRETATION.

23. Theories of Myth Interpretation.
Index.
Greek and Roman Gods Chart.
Chronological Chart.

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