Book

D'Aulaire's Book of Greek myths.

D'Aulaire, Ingri, 1904-1980 (Author). D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin, 1898-1986 (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780545250153
ISBN: 0545250153
Physical Description: 192 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm.
Edition: [1st edition]
Publisher: Garden City, NY : Doubleday, c1962.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

In olden times -- Gaea, Mother Earth -- Titans -- Zeus and his family. Hera ; Hephaestus ; Aphrodite ; Ares ; Athena ; Poseidon ; Apollo ; Artemis ; Hermes ; Hades ; Persephone and Demeter ; Dionysus -- Minor gods, nymphs, satyrs, and centaurs. Prometheus ; Pandora ; Deucalion ; Eos ; Helios and Phaethon ; Selene ; Pan ; Echo ; Syrinx ; Wild and vulgar centaurs ; Asclepius ; Nine muses ; Orpheus -- Mortal descendants of Zeus. Europa and Cadmus ; Tantalus and Pelops ; Danaus, Perseus, and the Gorgon -- Clever and vainglorious kings. King Midas ; Sisyphus ; Bellerophon ; Melampus ; Heracles ; Theseus ; Oedipus -- Golden Fleece -- Calydonian boar hunt -- Apples of love and the Apple of discord -- Everything must come to an end.