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Mythology

作者:Hamilton, Edith

出版社:書林

出版日期:2022.12.01

ISBN:9789575864965

書號:10000014

裝訂:平裝

定價:$320

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內容簡介

希臘羅馬北歐神話

HIGH ADVENTURE

The Gods, theCreation, the Earliest Heroes

Stories of Loveand Adventure

Heroes of theTrojan War

The Great Familyof Mythology

TheMythology of the Norsemen

 “Classical mythology has long needed such apopular exposition as Miss Edith Hamilton has given us in this volume, which isat once a reference book and a book which may be read for stimulation and pleasure.”—New York Times 

 

These greatstories from Greek, Roman and Norse Mythology are the fountainhead of allliterature. In them, the figures of antiquity come vividly to life.

Renowned forher love and understanding of classic literature, Edith Hamilton has retoldthese great myths for modern readers in a way that preserves the flavor andexcitement of the originals.

 

眾神的權力遊戲、大地的起源、英雄傳說、充滿愛與冒險的故事都在希臘羅馬神話裡。

希臘羅馬神話是文學的泉源,啟發無數的作家創造了令人讚嘆的文學作品,這些引人入勝的神話故事不僅反映了西方人文思考的脈絡,也述說了從古至今人性普遍的掙扎。

此書由著名古典文學學者Edith Hamilton編寫,引領現代讀者進入饒富趣味的原著經典。

目錄介紹
目錄 Contents
ForewordV
INTRODUCTION TOCLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY
  The Mythology of the Greeks
  The Greek and Roman Writers of Mythology
PART ONEThe Gods, theCreation, and the Earliest Heroes
1.     THE GODS
The Titans and the Twelve Great Olympians
The Lesser Gods of Olympus
The Gods of the Waters
The Underworld
The Roman Gods
2.     THE Two GREAT GODS OF EARTH
Demeter (Ceres)
Dionysus or Bacchus
3.     HOW THE WORLD AND MANKIND WERE CREATED
4.     THE EARLIEST HEROES
Prometheus and Io
Europa
The Cyclops Polyphemus
Flower-Myths:Narcissus, Hyacinth, Adonis
PART TWOStories of Loveand Adventure
5.     CUPID AND PSYCHE
6.     EIGHT BRIEF TALES OF LOVERS
Orpheus and Eurydice
Ceyx and Alcyone
Pygmalion and Galatea
Baucis and Philemon
Endymion
Daphne
Alpheus and Arethusa
7.     THE QUEST OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE
8.     FOUR GREAT ADVENTURES
Phaethon
Pegasus and Bellerophon
Otus and Ephialtes
Daedalus
PART THREEThe Great Heroesbefore the Trojan War
9.     PERSEUS
10. THESEUS
11. HERCULES
12. ATALANTA
PART FOURThe Heroes ofthe Trojan War
13. THE TROJAN WAR
Prologue:The Judgment of Paris
The Trojan War
14. THE FALL OF TROY
15. THE ADVENTURESOF ODYSSEUS
16. THE ADVENTURESOF AENEAS
Part One:From Troyto Italy
Part Two:The Descent into the Lower World
Part Three:The War in Italy
PART FIVEThe GreatFamilies of Mythology
17. THE HOUSE OFATREUS
Tantalus and Niobe
Agamemnon and His Children
Iphigenia among the Taurians
18. THE ROYAL HOUSEOF THEBES
Cadmus and His Children
Oedipus
Antigone
The Seven against Thebes
19. THE ROYAL HOUSEOF ATHENS
Cecrops
Procne and Philomela
Procris and Cephalus
Orithyia and Boreas
Creusa and Ion
PART SIXThe LessImportant Myths
20. MIDAS—AND OTHERS
Midas
Aesculapius
The Danaids
Glaucus and Scylla
Erysichthon
Pomona and Vertumnus
21. BRIEF MYTHSARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY
PART SEVENThe Mythology ofthe Norsemen Introduction to Norse Mytholgy
22. THE STORIES OFSIGNY AND OF SIGURD
23. THE NORSE GODS
The Creation
The Norse Wisdom
GENEALOGICAL TABLES
INDEX
作者介紹

Edith Hamilton

Theworld-renowned classicist Edith Hamilton was born in Dresend,Germany, and spent herchildhood in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She graduated from Bryn Mawr, whereshe received both B.A. and M.A. degrees, and then started on a mostdistinguished teaching career. She regarded as the high point of her life a 1957 ceremony in which King Paul awarded herthe Golden Cross of the Order of Benefaction and made her an honorary citizenof Athens. MissHamilton died in Washingtonin May, 1963.

漢米爾頓是德裔美籍教育家,長期鑽研古典文學,有「最偉大的女性古典文學家」的美譽,所著作的Mythology公認為同類出版品中的最佳版本。