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The mythology handbook : a course in ancient Greek myths /

This highly informative, interactive handbook explores the amazing myths of ancient Greece. Brimming with facts and special features, it also contains maps and many heroic and monstrous activities.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Evans, Hestia
Group Author: Steer, Dugald; Twist, Clint
Published: Candlewick Press,
Publisher Address: London ; New York :
Publication Dates: 2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Series: Ologies series
Subjects:
Mythology, Greek > Juvenile literature.
Mythology, Greek.
Mythologie grecque > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Greek mythology.
Literature.
Juvenile works.
Summary: This highly informative, interactive handbook explores the amazing myths of ancient Greece. Brimming with facts and special features, it also contains maps and many heroic and monstrous activities.
Item Description: "Written by Dugald A. Steer and Clint Twist"--Title page verso.
Carrier Form: 71 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 9780763642914
0763642916
Index Number: BL783
CLC: I17
Call Number: I17/E926
Contents: The immortals -- The twelve Olympians -- Other Greek gods and spirits -- Greek myths of creation -- Life on Olympus -- The underworld -- Hades and Persephone -- Enemies of the gods -- Religion in ancient Greece -- Ancient Greek architecture -- Gods and men -- Mythical creatures -- The history of mankind -- Mythical peoples -- The wanderings of Dionysus -- Ancient Greek art -- Daedalus and Icarus -- The heavens -- The legend of Midas -- Three legends : Orpheus, Narcissus, and Sisyphus -- A time of heroes -- Ancient Greek heroes -- The labours of Heracles -- Atalanta and the Calydonian boar -- The Olympic games -- Ancient Greek theatre -- The Trojan War -- Bellerophon and Pegasus.

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