Myths_amp_amp_Legends_Explained.pdf

MYTHS

& LEGENDS

EXPLAINED

Neil philip

Previously published as Annotated Guides: Myths & Legends

C ontents

Introduction 6

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Cupid and Psyche 34

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Artemis and Actaeon 36

Apollo and Daphne 38

King Midas 40

Pan and Syrinx 42

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First published in the United States in 1999

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Zeus and Danaë 44

Perseus and Andromeda 46

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Osiris, Isis, and Nephthys

Detail from page 17

The Tragedy of Oedipus 48

The Labors of Hercules 50

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Jason and the Golden Fleece 52

The Creation 12

Theseus the Hero 54

Re, the Sun God 14

The Minotaur 56

Osiris, Isis, and Horus 16

Dionysus and Ariadne 58

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Leda and the Swan 60

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The Epic of Gilgamesh 18

The Judgment of Paris 62

Odysseus Returns Home 64

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Dido and Aeneas 66

Ahura Mazda and Ahriman 20

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Gods of Olympus 22

Prometheus 24

Aphrodite and Ares 26

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Detail from page 47

The Rape of Persephone 28

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Orpheus and Eurydice 30

Venus

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