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USBORNE
ILLUSTRATED
GUIDE
TO
ENDS
1
-GBEEB-
Legends
flyths
and
With
illustrations
Cheryl
Evans
and
Anne
Millard
by
Rodney
Matthews
Designed
by
Kim
Blundell
CONTENTS
2
Before
you
start
25
26
28
30
32
Wicked
Women
Evil
4
5
Map
of
Ancient
Greece
Religion
men
Fate
and
three
heroes
6
8
Greek
myths
and
history
Love
stories
Jason
and
the
golden
fleece
The
Creation
10
1
What
the
world
was
like
Demeter,
Persephone
and
Pluto
Aphrodite,
goddess
of
love
34
37
Theseus
Heracles
Paris,
12
40
42
44
Helen
and
Troy
14
The
goddess
Athene
Apollo
and
Artemis
The
Trojan
War
After
the
Trojan
16
18
War
Dionysus
and
Hermes
46
48
50
63
SCHOLASTIC
INC.
The
adventures
of
Odysseus
20
22
24
Prometheus
and
mankind
Zeus's
lovers
More
heroes
Who's
Who
in
the
Greek
Myths
Index
Delhi
Perseus
New
York
Toronto
London
Auckland
Sydney
Mexico
City
New
Hong
Kong
Buenos
Aires
Additional
illustrations
by Nick
Harris,
Joe
Chris
Lyon,
McEwan,
Mark
Duffin
and
Jan
Nesbitt.
Consultant
checker
Penny
McCarthy
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YOU
START
Before
you
start
reading
this
book,
you
may
find
it
useful
to
know
what
to
expect
froHfcit.
You
cfii
find
out
in
About
this
book,
below.
There
are
also
some
notes
on
what
myths
and
legends
are,
and
information
which
should
help
to
understand
the
myths
and
the
people
who
invented
them.
About
this
book
This
book
is
an
introduction
to
the
most
famous
gods,
goddesses,
heroes
and
monsters
in
Greek
mythology.
It
does
not
simply
set
out
to
re-tell
the
stories
in
suimnary
form,
but
provides
a
fascinating
Who's
Who
in
Greek
mythology
A
special
feature
of
the
book
is
the
Who's
Who
on
pages
50-63
In
it
you
can
lookup
.
all
the gods,
demi-gods,
heroes
and
monsters
that
appear
in
the
book,
plus
others
that
you
may
come
across
elsewhere,
though
there
are
more
that
there
has
not
been
room
to
include.
Every
name
that
appears
in
bold
type
(this
happens
the
first
time
it
occurs
on
a
page)
has
a
Who
's
Who
entry.
Here
you
can
find
out
about
its
family,
career,
supernatural
attributes
and
distinguishing
features.
It
can
also
be
used
to
inspire
fantasy-gamers.
background
to
Greek
history,
the
myths
as
religion,
how
the
Ancient
Greeks
saw
the
world
and,
above
all,
detailed
character-information
in
the
Who's
Who
(see
right).
What
is
a
myth?
It
is
difficult
to
define
exactly
what
a
The
map
on
page
4
allows
you
to
follow
the
adventures
and
marks
most
of
the
places
mentioned
in
the
myths.
myth
is. It
is
generally
described
as a
story
which
is
the
product
of
the
imagination.
However,
myths
were
obviously
more
than
just
folk
tales
to
the
Ancient
Greeks
(see
Religion,
page
5).
Some
of
them
seem
to
be
attempts
to
explain
things
that
would
nowadays
be
described
scientifically,
such
as
how
the
world
began.
Ancient
people
had
no
scientific
knowledge
so
used
their
imaginations
to
fill
the
gap.
The
main
gods
and
goddesses
are
introduced
on
pages
12-21.
Their
birth,
personality,
best-known
exploits
and
the
places
and
things
associated
with
them
are
all
included.
There
are
lots
concerning
humans
whose
lives
were
affected
by
the
gods
on
pages
22-49.
They
range
from
love
stories
to
violent
battles.
There
is
only
room
to
tell
them
briefly
here,
but
the
main
authors
used
as
sources
are
given
in
the
box
on
page
3
so
you
can
look
up
their
work
as a
start
to
finding
out
more
about
the
myths.
of stories
,
Others
seem
to
be
elaborations
of
historical
events
in
which
human
kings
or
heroes
became
like
gods
and
did
things
no
person
could
really
do.
This
type
of
story
is
often
called
a
legend.
Others
do
not
fit
in
either
of
these
categories
and
at
this
distance
of
time
it
is
impossible
to
know
why
such
gods
and
myths
were
invented
and
worshipped.
Combining
gods
The
myths
evolved
over
many
centuries.
During
this
time,
there
were
wars
and
invasions
in
the
area
that
was
Ancient
Greece
(see
map
on
page
4).
nquerors
and
settlers
brought
their
n
gods with
them,
which
sometimes
k
over
f
rom
or
merged
with
a
similar
ty
that
already
existed
in
Greece.
This
uave
rise to
different
versions
of
the
stories
about
the
gods
and
conflicting
,
Greek
authors
Homer
(about
750-700BC)
The
Iliad,
The
Odyssey.
Hesiod
(about
700BC)
Theogony
Bacchylides
(fifth
century
BC)
Poems.
Pindar
(518-438BC)
Poems
Aeschylus
(525-426BC)
Plays,
including
the
Oresteia
trilogy,
Prometheus Bound.
reports
of
their
parents
or
birth-place.
Sophocles
(497-405BC)
Plays
including
Antigone,
King
Oedipus,
Electra,
Ajax.
Euripides
(485-406BC)
Plays,
including
The
Bacchae,
Medea,
Hippolytus.
best-known
versions
have been
used,
which
does
not
mean
In
this
book,
the
How
to
pronounce
Greek
words
Many
Greek
names
are
long
and
look very
hard
to
pronounce.
A
pronunciation
guide
to
each
name
is
given
in
the
Who's
Who
entries
at
the
back
of
the
book,
but
they
are
more
correct
than
another.
Strange
behaviour
The
gods
did
many
strange
things
in
the
myths,
which
the
Greeks
accepted
in
supernatural
beings,
although
ordinary
people
would
not
have
been
allowed
to
do
them.
For
instance,
gods
often
married
very
close
members
of
their
family,
such
^•aister
or
mother.
They
also
tended
to
some
general
rules
for
pronouncing
Greek
words
which
should
help
you
as
you
read
through:
here
are
ae
c
is
"ee"
as in
Daedalus
(deed-a-luss)
grow
up
instantly
and
were
able
to
do
"s"
when
followed
by
an
e,
i
or
y
as
in
Circe
(sir-see),
Cerberus
(sir-burr-us)
or
is
miraculous
things
straight
away.
Cyrene
(sire-ee-nee)
c
is
Some
of
the
things
humans
do
seem
odd,
too.
"k"
when
followed
by an
a,
u
or
o
as in
Coronis
(kor-on-iss)
Exposing
unwanted
babies
to
die
features
in
many
myths,
for
example,
and
was
not
a
crime
to
the
Ancient
Greeks.
Callisto
(kal-ist-toe),
Curetes
(kyoor-ee-
teez)
or
ch
is
"k"
as
in
Charon
(ka-ron)
Costume
note
Throughout
the
book,
characters
are
e
at
the
end
of
a
name
is
pronounced
ee
as
in
Aphrodite
(aff-ro-die-tee)
es
at
the
shown
in
costumes
from
Classical
Greece
(see
page
7).
This
style
is
familiar
as
many
works
of
art
illustrating
the
myths
survive
from
this
period.
It
does
not
mean
that
earlier
people
imagined
the
gods
like
this
-
they
probably
saw
them
in
clothes
from
their
own
period.
end
of a
name
is
"eez"
as
in
Heracles
(hair-a-kleez)
eu
is
"yoo",
as in
Zeus
(zyooss)
oe
is
"ee"
as
in
Oedipus
(ee-dip-puss)
ph
is
"f
"
as
in
Hephaestos
(heff-eest-oss)

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