mythology, classical

A retelling of seven Greek and Roman myths.

Provides an introduction to the myths of ancient Greece and Rome, covering sequences of events, major plots, and characters, and discussing the lasting influence of the stories on the Western world.

With reproductions of ancient art and contemporary photographs of Greek and Roman ruins, this book examines the mythology of the societies of Greece and Rome.

Summarizes Greek and Roman myths, traces their origins, and follows their evolution from classical times to the present day.

A dictionary of Greek and Roman myths as well as Judeo-Christian beliefs during the Greco-Roman era. Includes more than 1,600 entries, genealogical tables of gods and heroes, and maps of the ancient world.

Focuses on the works of Yeats, Pound, Eliot and Auden, the author traces the use of mythical illusions in twentieth-century poetry.

Retells the Greek legends of heroes and gods.

A boy's love of horses and wish to know what it would be like to have a father brings a series of rides on some mythical creatures and encounters with such characters as Poseiden and Cheiron the Centaur.