本书讲述了古希腊和罗马诸神和英雄们的身世来源、传奇经历。日、月、水、火等自然现象以及爱情、战争、死亡等人类*原始的活动形式都在神话中得到了具体体现和诠释。这些神话反映了人类原始时期的社会秩序,体现了人类的情感、信仰、愿望和幻想,是西方文明的光辉起点,盔西方文化中占有极其重要的地位。

Introduction
PART Ⅰ THE GODS
Chapter
Ⅰ The World of the Myths
Ⅱ The Gods of Olympus- Zeus
Ⅲ Hera, Athena, Hephaestus
Ⅰ. Hera (Juno)
Ⅱ. Athena (Minerva)
Ⅲ. Hephaestus (Vulcan)
Ⅳ. Apollo and Artemis
Ⅰ. Apollo
Ⅱ. Artemis (Diana)
Ⅲ. Hermes and Hestia
Ⅰ. Hermes (Mercury)
Ⅱ. Hestia (Vesta)
Ⅳ Ares and Aphrodite
Ⅰ. Ares (mars)
Ⅱ. Aphrodite (Venus)
Ⅴ The Lesser Deities of Olympus
Ⅰ. Eros (Cupid)
Ⅱ. Other Deities of Olympus
Ⅵ The Gods of the Sea
Ⅶ The Gods of the Earth
Ⅷ The World of the Dead
PART Ⅱ THE HEROES
Ⅸ Stories of Argos
Ⅹ Heracles (Hercules)
Ⅺ Stories of Crete, Sparta, Corinth, and Aetolia
Ⅰ. Stories of Crete
Ⅱ. Stories of Sparta
Ⅲ. Stories of Corinth
Ⅳ. The Calydonian Boar Hunt
ⅩⅣ Stories of Attica
ⅩⅤ Stories of Thebes
ⅩⅥ The Argonautic Expedition
ⅩⅦ The Trojan War
ⅩⅧ The Wanderings of Odysseus
ⅩⅨ The Tragedy of Agamemnon
ⅩⅩ The Legendary Origin of Rome
Appendix A
Appendix B