世界文学名著表现了作者描述的特定时代的文化。阅读这些名著可以领略著者流畅的文笔、逼真的描述、详细的刻画,让读者如同置身当时的历史文化之中。为此,我们将这套精心编辑的“名著典藏”奉献给广大读者。
本书找来了专门研究西方历史、西方文化的专家学者,请教了专业的翻译人员,精心挑选了可以代表西方文学的著作汇编成《古希腊罗马神话传说》,并听取了一些国外专门研究文学的朋友的建议,不删节、不做任何人为改动,严格按照原著的风格,提供原汁原味的西方名著,让读者能享受纯正的英文名著。

PREFACE
PART Ⅰ MYTHS
INTRODUCTION
First Dynasty
Origin of the World
Uranus and Gaea
Second Dynasty
Cronus (Saturn)
Rhea
Division of the World
Theories as to the Origin of Man
Third Dynasty
Olympian Divinities
Zeus (Jupiter)
Hera (Juno)
Pallas-Athene (Minerva)
Themis
Hestia (Vesta)
Demeter (Ceres)
Aphrodite (Venus)
Helios (Sol)
Eos (Aurora)
Phoebus-Apollo
Roman Apollo
Hecate
Selene (Luna)
Artemis (Diana)
Hephaestus (Vulcan)
Poseidon (Neptune)
Sea Divinities
Oceanus
Nereus
Proteus
Triton and the Tritons
Glaucus
Thetis
Thaumas, Phorcys, and Ceto
Leucothea
The Sirens
Ares (Mars)
Mars
Nike (Victoria)
Hermes (Mercury)
Dionysus (Bacchus)
Aides (Pluto)
Plutus
Minor Divinities
The Harpies
Erinyes, Eumenides (Furiae, Dirge)
Moirae or Fates (Parcae)
Nemesis
Night and Her Children. Death, Sleep, and Dreams
Nyx (Nox)
Thanatos (Mors) and Hypnus (Somnus)
Morpheus
The Gorgons
Graeae
Sphinx
Tyche (Fortuna) and Ananke (Necessitas)
Kero
Ate
Momus
Eros (Cupid, Amor) and Psyche
Hymen
Iris (The Rainbow)
Hebe (Juventas)
Ganymedes
The Muses
Pegasus
The Hesperides
Charites (Gratiae) Graces
Horae (Seasons)
The Nymphs
The Winds
Pan (Faunus)
The Satyrs
Priapus
Asclepias (Aesculapius)
Roman Divinities
Janus
Flora
Robigus
Pomona
Vertumnus
Pales
Picus
Picumnus and Pilumnus
Silvanus
Terminus
Consus
Libitina
Laverna
Comus
The Camenae
Genii
Manes
Lemures (Larwe) and Lares
Penates
Public Worship of the Ancient Greeks and Romans
Temples
Statues
Altars
Priests
Sacrifices
Oracles
Soothsayers (Augurs)
Festivals
Greek Festivals
Eleusinian Mysteries
Thesmophoria
Dionysia
Panathenaea
Daphnephoria
Roman Festivals
Saturnalia
Cerealia
Vestalia
PART Ⅱ LEGENDS
Cadmus
Perseus
Ion
Daedalus and Icarus
The Argonauts
Pelops
Heracles (Hercules)
Bellerophon
Theseus
Edipus
The Seven against Thebes
The Epigoni
Alcmaeon and the Necklace
The Heraclidae
The Siege of Troy
Return of the Greeks from Troy