Tales Of Fire & Bronze (eBook)

Clive Gilson (Herausgeber)

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2019 | First
374 Seiten
Clive Gilson (Verlag)
978-1-913500-61-0 (ISBN)

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Mythology was at the heart of everyday life in Ancient Greece. Greeks regarded mythology as a part of their history, using myth to explain natural phenomena, cultural variations, traditional enmities and friendships. It was a source of pride to be able to trace the descent of ones leaders from a mythological hero or a god. Few ever doubted that there was truth behind the account of the Trojan War in the Iliad and Odyssey.Greek myths concern the origin and the nature of the world, the lives and activities of deities, heroes, and mythological creatures, and the origins and significance of the ancient Greeks own cult and ritual practices.The Greek myths were initially propagated in an oral-poetic tradition most likely by Minoan and Mycenaean singers. Eventually the myths of the heroes of the Trojan War and its aftermath became part of the oral tradition of Homers epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey.Two poems by Homers near contemporary Hesiod, the Theogony and the Works and Days, contain accounts of the genesis of the world, the succession of divine rulers, the succession of human ages, the origin of human woes, and the origin of sacrificial practices.Myths are also preserved in the Homeric Hymns, in fragments of epic poems of the Epic Cycle, in lyric poems, in the works of the tragedians and comedians of the fifth century BC, in writings of scholars and poets of the Hellenistic Age, and in texts from the time of the Roman Empire by writers such as Plutarch and Pausanias.The adaptations in this book come from the nineteenth century tradition of translation and interpretation from collectors, notably such as Andrew Lang and Charles Kingsley, amongst many others.As ever, it's been a delight and an education to read and work with these stunning texts. I hope you enjoy them too, for as the final line of The Golden Crab says, ';And then they lived happily, and we who hear the story are happier still.'

Inhalt

PREFACE

FORTUNATUS AND HIS PURSE

THE CURSE OF ECHO

HOW ALEXANDER THE KING GOT THE WATER OF LIFE

HOW THE DRAGON WAS TRICKED

THE GOLDEN CRAB

THE SEVEN HEADED SERPENT

THE WOOD-FOLK.

THE JUDGMENT OF MIDAS

PROMETHEUS

THE DELUGE

ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE

ICARUS AND DAEDALUS

PHAETHON

NIOBE

ADMETUS AND THE SHEPHERD

ALCESTIS

APOLLO’S SISTER

THE CALYDONIAN HUNT

ATALANTA’S RACE

ARACHNE

PYRAMUS AND THISBE

PYGMALION AND GALATEA

OEDIPUS

CUPID AND PSYCHE

THE TRIAL OF PSYCHE

STORIES OF THE TROJAN WAR

THE HOUSE OF AGAMEMNON

PROMETHEUS AND PANDORA

ENDYMION

APOLLO AND DAPHNE

IDAS AND MARPESSA

ARETHUSA

PERSEUS THE HERO

HYACINTHUS

CEYX AND HALCYONE

ARISTÆUS THE BEE-KEEPER

PERSEPHONE

LATONA AND THE RUSTICS

CLYTIE

THE CRANES OF IBYCUS

SYRINX

THE DEATH OF ADONIS

HOW THE CENTAUR TRAINED THE HEROES ON PELION

HOW JASON LOST HIS SANDAL IN ANAUROS

HOW THEY BUILT THE SHIP “ARGO” IN IOLCOS

HOW THE ARGONAUTS SAILED TO COLCHIS

HOW THE ARGONAUTS WERE DRIVEN INTO THE UNKNOWN SEA

HOW THESEUS LIFTED THE STONE

HOW THESEUS SLEW THE DEVOURERS OF MEN

HOW THESEUS SLEW THE MINOTAUR

HOW THESEUS FELL BY HIS PRIDE

HISTORICAL NOTES

ABOUT THE EDITOR

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.12.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Tales from the World's Firesides - Europe
• Reihe/Serie: Tales from the World's Firesides - Europe
• Reihe/Serie: Tales from the World's Firesides - Europe
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Märchen / Sagen
• Schlagworte: Fairy tales • Fantasy • Folklore • Greece • Greek • Legends • Myths • Sagas • Storytelling
• ISBN-10: 1-913500-61-6 / 1913500616
• ISBN-13: 978-1-913500-61-0 / 9781913500610