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Part One The Olympian Gods and Other Deities
Introduction to Part One： The Olympian Gods and Other Deities
1.The Olympian Gods
Cultural Connections： Pantheon
2.Ihe Nature of Zeus
Cultural Connections： Astral Mythology
3.Artemis and Actaeon
Cultural Connections： The Sleep of Endymion
4.The Creation and Recreation of Man
Cultural Connections： The Hellenistic Civilization
5.Athena
Cultural Connections： Parthenon
6.Dionysus
Cultural Connections： Dionysus in Art
7.Midas
Cultural Connections： Poussin's Midas and Bacchus
8.Persephone
Cultural Connections： The Eleusinian Mysteries
9.Hades and the Underworld
Cultural Connections： Katabasis （Descent into the Underworld）
10.Other Deities
Cultural Connections： The Best—known Picture in America
Part Two Stories of Love and Adventure
Introduction to Part Two： Stories of Love
11.Atalanta
Cultural Connections： Atalanta and Hippomenes
12.Apollo and Daphne
Cultural Connections： Bernini's Apollo and Daphne
13.Cupid and Psyche
Cultural Connections： Psyche and Butterfly
14.Venus and Adonis
Cultural Connections： Adonis Belt （Complex， Index， etc.）
15.Pyramus and Thisbe
Cultural Connections： The Pyramus and Thisbe Club
16.Echo and Narcissus
Cultural Connections： Narcissistic Personality Disorder （NPD）
17.Pygmalion
Cultural Connections： The Pygmalion and the Galatea Effect
Introduction to Part Two： Stories of Adventure
18.Perseus and Medusa
Cultural Connections： A Chimera in the Greeks' Brain
19.Jason and the Golden Fleece
Cultural Connections： The Medea Complex／Syndrome
20.The Twelve Labors of Heracles
Cultural Connections： Heracles in Action
21.Cadmus
Cultural Connections： Hubris and Nemesis
22.Oedipus Rex
Cultural Connections： Moreau's Oedipus and the Sphinx
23.Theseus
Cultural Connections： Ariadne's Thread and the Ship of Theseus
Part Three The Trojan War and Thereafter
Introduction to Part Three： The Trojan War and Thereafter
24.The Trojan War
Cultural Connections： Spin—offs of the Trojan War
25.Agamemnon
Cultural Connections： "I have gazed upon the face of Agamemnon."
26.The Story of Odysseus
Cultural Connections： The Afterlife of Odysseus
27.The Story of Aeneas （Ⅰ）
Cultural Connections： Literature as Propaganda
28.The Story of Aeneas （Ⅱ）—224
Cultural Connections： "I found Rome a city of brick， but left it a city of marble."
Part Four Selected Readings in Mythological Classics
Hesiod
Theogony
Ovid
Metamorphoses 250
Homer
Iliad
Odyssey
Virgil
Aeneid
Aeschylus
Agamemnon
Sophocles
Oedipus the King
Euripides
Medea
Trojan Women
Appendix
A Pronouncing Glossary of Mythological Names and Allusions
Bibliography