Introduction
Titans and Olympians

01 In the beginning there were gods

Chaos
Gaia, goddess of the earth
Uranus and Cronus
Titans
War of the Gods
Prometheus
Pandora's Box
The Five Ages of Mankind

02 The Gods of Olympus

Zeus, king of the gods
Hera, goddess of the home
Poseidon, god of the sea
Demeter, goddess of grain
Apollo, god of prophecy and the bow
Athena, goddess of wisdom and war
Ares, the god of war
Artemis, goddess of the hunt
Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty
Hephaestus, the god of blacksmiths
Hermes, the messenger god
Dionysus, god of wine

03 The World of Hades

Hades, king of the underworld
Orpheus visits the underworld
Sisyphus who deceived Hades
Tantalus, who tested the gods

04 Gods Outside Olympus

Helios, god of the sun
Chiron the Wise
Wooden board
Leto, mother of Apollo and Artemis
Musai, goddesses of arts and learning
Circe, the goddess known as a witch

05 Age of Heroes

The Twelve Labors of Hercules
Perseus and Medusa
Daedalus and Icarus
The Adventures of Theseus
Jason and the Argonauts
Cadmus, the hero who turned into a snake
Bellerophon and Pegasus
Atalanta, the hunter maiden

06 Monsters

Argos, the monster with 100 eyes
Half-man, half-horse centaur
Siren singing the song of death
Cyclops, the one-eyed giant
Minotaur, the bull-headed monster
Scylla, who was turned into a monster by the goddess's jealousy
Monsters in mythology

07 Love and Tragedy

Oedipus complex
The Love of the Giant Orion
Eros and Psyche
Daphne, the nymph who became a laurel tree
Echo, the fairy who became an echo
Pygmalion, the man who loved statues
Adonis complex
Arachne, who competed with the gods in talent

08 Trojan War

The most beautiful woman in the world
Golden Apple
The Judgment of Paris
The beginning of the war
Helen, a prisoner of love
Achilles, the immortal hero
Ten Years' War
Trojan Horse
Electra complex
The Trojan hero who became the founder of Rome

Genealogy of the Gods
References
List of illustrations

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Greek and Roman mythology is not just a story.
It is a precious legacy that illuminates various aspects of our lives and enriches them.
Readers of this book will gain diverse lessons and inspiration from myths deeply rooted in human history and culture.

Greek mythology has been loved for over 3,000 years, spanning many eras, and continues to this day.
Myths that had been passed down orally were recorded in writing and their content became richer through the efforts of many poets.


Greek mythology, which was inherited by Rome, was reborn as Greco-Roman mythology with new interpretations and various episodes added by Roman poets.
The two different cultures of Greece and Rome met and created Greco-Roman mythology as a joint work.


The oldest literary works based on Greek mythology are the Iliad and the Odyssey by Homer.
Hesiod followed by publishing Theogony and Works and Days, establishing the basic framework of Greek mythology.
Ovid, a Roman poet who inherited Greek mythology, wrote the Metamorphoses, which consists of fifteen books.
The narrative structure of the Metamorphoses became the standard for Greco-Roman mythology in Europe and America.


'Reading Greek and Roman Mythology for the First Time' focuses on the works of Homer, Hesiod, and Ovid, and is designed to help anyone easily and enjoyably understand the meaning contained in the myths.
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