Classical Myths in English LiteratureRinehart, 1952 - 444 páginas In dictionary format. Alphabetical. Many entries have only a definition. Longer entries include more thorough explanation of the topic in classical mythology, and examples of notable allusions in English literature. |
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... poetic form by Homer in the Odyssey , so the account of most of Aeneas ' life is embodied in a long poem , the Aeneid , by the Roman poet Virgil . In the Odyssey Homer collected the myths of his people and made of them a poem that gave ...
... poetic form by Homer in the Odyssey , so the account of most of Aeneas ' life is embodied in a long poem , the Aeneid , by the Roman poet Virgil . In the Odyssey Homer collected the myths of his people and made of them a poem that gave ...
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... poem deals chiefly with the charac- ters ' feelings and the action , one high point of which is a remarkable strip tease put on by Clytemnestra . In the conclusion , however , the poem becomes didactic . Electra offers herself to ...
... poem deals chiefly with the charac- ters ' feelings and the action , one high point of which is a remarkable strip tease put on by Clytemnestra . In the conclusion , however , the poem becomes didactic . Electra offers herself to ...
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... poets , especially for Romantic poets . Beginning with the ancient Greek dramatist , Aeschylus , who seems to have written two plays about him , Prometheus Bound and Prometheus Unbound , the second of which has ... poem to 315 PROMETHEUS.
... poets , especially for Romantic poets . Beginning with the ancient Greek dramatist , Aeschylus , who seems to have written two plays about him , Prometheus Bound and Prometheus Unbound , the second of which has ... poem to 315 PROMETHEUS.
Contenido
Greek Myth and the Poets an introduction | 1 |
The Myths | 13 |
Genealogical Tables | 80 |
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Achilles Admetus Aeneas Agamemnon Alcestis Aphrodite Apollo Arcadia ARGONAUTS Argos arrows Artemis Asclepius Athene ATREUS beauty became Bellerophon brother Cadmus called Centaurs chariot classical Clytemnestra Comus Copyright Cronus Daedalus daughter death Demeter describes Diomedes Dionysus EARTH GODDESSES English literature Eros Eurystheus Faerie Queene famous fate father fell in love Gaea gave giant girl golden Greece Greek Hades Helen Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hermes hero horse immortal island Jason killed king land later Leto lover married Menelaus Milton monster mortal mother Mount Muses myth Nymph Oceanus Odysseus Oedipus Olympian Olympus oracle Orestes Orion Orpheus Paradise Lost Peleus Persephone Perseus poem poetry poets Poseidon Prometheus Reprinted Rhea river Roman name ROME Romulus says SEA GODS sister Sisyphus song sons Spenser story suitors symbol T. S. Eliot Tartarus terrible THEBES Theseus Thetis Tiresias Titans TROJAN TROJAN WAR Troy W. H. Auden wife wind Zeus Zeus's