Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Myths and mythology--

From the primal void to a lost continent, the main Greek myths: From Chaos and Castration to order, the birth of the gods-- Apollo and Artemis, music, love and hunting-- The creation of man and woman, the great flood, transgressors and heroines-- Jason and the Argonauts, Medeia-- Argos and the monster-slayers-- Herakles, the greatest of the heroes-- Thebes and Oidipous-- From Atlas to Hektor-- From Asopos to Akhilleus-- Athens: the early Kings-- Theseus and the Minotaur-- Curses and cannibalism, the house of Pelops-- The Trojan war-- Homer's Iliad: The wrath of Akhilleus-- The wooden horse and the sack of troy-- The returns of the heroes-- The Odyssey and its sequels-- Plato and the myth of Atlantis

Some approaches to Greek mythology