Includes bibliographical references and glossary.

Myths, Legends and Minstrels 5 The Creation of the Universe and the Origin of Deities 11 Titans, Gigantes The Creation of Humankind, Prometheus and Pandora 23 Olympus 29 Zeus-.Jupiter 33 Hera-Juno 45 Poseidon-:-Neptunus 49 Demeter-Ceres 53 Aphrodite- Venus 57 Athena-Minerva 65 Artemis-Diana 73 Apollo 79 Ares- Mars 89 Hephaestus-Vulcanus 93 Hermes-Mercurius 97 Hestia- Vesta 101 Dionysus-Bacchus 103 Deities Around Zeus 111 Themis, Muses, Charites, Nike, Iris, Hebe, Eileithyia, Eros, Eris, Hecate Water Deities 121 Oceanu,. Achelous, Nymphs, Naiads, Dryads, Nereus and Daughters of Nereus, Sirens, Triton,Thetis Celestial and Atmospheric Deities 128 Helios, Selene, Eos, Harpies, Aeolus, Astraeus Deities Related to Human Life and Fate 133 Asclepius, Moirae (Parcae), Nemesis, Tyche (Fortuna) Woodland and Rural Deities 141 Satyrs, Silenus, Centaurs, Lapiths, Pan Echo Earth and Hell Deities 147 Hades, Erinyes. Hypnos (Sleep) and Thanatos (Death), Qneiroi (Dream) Famous Lineages and Heroes 151 Agamemnon-Menelaus, Meleager, Orpheus, Perseus. Argonauts, Theseus, Heracles Legends of .Anatolia 177 Amazons, Telephus, Musical Compelition of Apollo and Marsyas, Dionysus and Midas, Niobe, Bellerophontes, Eros and Psyche, Hermaphroditus and Salmacis, Arachne, The Legend of Hero and Leander, Endymion and Selene The Founding of Troy (Troia) and the Birth of Paris 196 Paris’s Judgment, Helen Expedition to Troy 203 The Second Expedition to Troy 207 Those who Came from Anatolia to Help Troy 211 The Epic of Iliad and the Trojan War 215 The Events after Iliad 219 Wooden Horse and the Collapse of Troy 223 The Legend of Aeneas and the Founding of Rome 229 Glossary 234