The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art

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Book

Title:

The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art

Author:

Charles Mills Gayley

Illustrator:

Aubrey Beardsley

Printer:

The Athenæum Press, Ginn and Company, Proprietors.

Place of Printing:

Boston

Date of Printing:

1911

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Donated by:

Kenneth Innes III

Author and Commentators

Charles Mills Gayley (1858-1932).    Professor of Classics at the University of California in Berkeley.

The Book

41 pages of introductory matter and 596 pages of explanatory text with illustrations.

Contents

• PART I MYTHS OF DIVINITIES AND HEROES:
• CHAPTER I. GREEK MYTHS OF THE CREATION
• CHAPTER II. THE GODS OF HEAVEN
• CHAPTER III. THE GODS OF EARTH
• CHAPTER IV. THE GODS OF THE UNDERWORLD
• CHAPTER V. THE GODS OF THE WATERS
• CHAPTER VI. THE ROMAN DIVINITIES
• CHAPTER VII. MYTHS OF THE GREAT DIVINITIES OF HEAVEN
• CHAPTER VIII. MYTHS OF THE GREAT DIVINITIES OF EARTH
• CHAPTER IX. FROM THE EARTH TO THE UNDERWORLD
• CHAPTER X. MYTHS OF NEPTUNE, RULER OF THE WATERS
• CHAPTER XI. MYTHS OF THE LESSER DIVINITIES OF HEAVEN
• CHAPTER XII. MYTHS OF THE LESSER DIVINITIES OF EARTH, ETC.
• CHAPTER XIII. MYTHS OF LESSER DIVINITIES OF THE WATERS
• CHAPTER XIV. MYTHS OF THE OLDER HEROES: THE HOUSE OF DANAÜS, AND ITS CONNECTIONS
• CHAPTER XV. THE FAMILY OF ÆOLUS
• CHAPTER XVI. THE FAMILY OF ÆTOLUS AND ITS CONNECTIONS
• CHAPTER XVII. THE HOUSE OF MINOS
• CHAPTER XVIII. THE HOUSE OF CECROPS AND ERICHTHONIUS
• CHAPTER XIX. THE HOUSE OF LABDACUS
• CHAPTER XX. MYTHS OF THE YOUNGER HEROES: THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES
• CHAPTER XXI. HOUSES CONCERNED IN THE TROJAN WAR
• CHAPTER XXII. THE TROJAN WAR
• CHAPTER XXIII. THE FALL OF TROY
• CHAPTER XXIV. THE WANDERINGS OF ULYSSES
• CHAPTER XXV. ADVENTURES OF ÆNEAS
• CHAPTER XXVI. THE WAR BETWEEN TROJANS AND LATINS
• CHAPTER XXVII. MYTHS OF THE NORSE GODS
• CHAPTER XXVIII. MYTHS OF NORSE AND OLD GERMAN HEROES
• CHAPTER XXIX. THE RING OF THE NIBELUNG
• PART II    THE HISTORY OF MYTH
• CHAPTER XXX. THE ORIGIN AND ELEMENTS OF MYTH
• CHAPTER XXXI. THE DISTRIBUTION OF MYTHS
• CHAPTER XXXII. THE PRESERVATION OF MYTHS
• COMMENTARY 465
• RULES FOR PRONUNCIATION 541
• INDEX OF MYTHOLOGICAL SUBJECTS AND SOURCES 543
• INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS AND ARTISTS

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