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Gods & heroes : myths & epics of ancient Greece / Gustav Schwab; introduction by Werner Jaeger.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: [New York] Pantheon [1946] Pantheon [1946]Description: 764 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0394418344
  • 0394734025 pbk.
Uniform titles:
  • Schönsten Sagen des klassischen Altertums. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • CIR BL 725  S33 1946
Contents:
Introduction / Werner Jaeger -- Prometheus -- The Ages of Man -- Pyrrha and Deucalion -- Zues and Io -- Phaethon -- Europa -- Cadmus -- Pentheus -- Perseus -- Creusa and Ion -- Daedalus and Icarus -- The Story of the Argonauts -- Meleager and the Boar -- tantalus -- Pelops -- Niobe -- Saloneus -- Heracles -- Bellerophon -- Theseus -- The Story of King Oedipus -- The Seven Against Thebes -- The Epigoni -- Alcmaeon and the Necklace -- The Heradclidae -- Tales of Troy -- Index
Summary: Schwab's retellings of stories about Prometheus, Zeus, Heracles, Odysseus, and other ancient Greek gods and heroes are based on close adherence to the original sources
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Book Cavite State University - CCAT Campus Book GCS CIR BL 725 S33 1946 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available R0009641

At head of title: Gustav Schwab

Translation of: Die schönsten Sagen des klassischen Altertums

"Translated from the German text and its Greek sources by Olga Marx and Ernst Morwitz. Introduction by Werner Jaeger."--Page [5]

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / Werner Jaeger -- Prometheus -- The Ages of Man -- Pyrrha and Deucalion -- Zues and Io -- Phaethon -- Europa -- Cadmus -- Pentheus -- Perseus -- Creusa and Ion -- Daedalus and Icarus -- The Story of the Argonauts -- Meleager and the Boar -- tantalus -- Pelops -- Niobe -- Saloneus -- Heracles -- Bellerophon -- Theseus -- The Story of King Oedipus -- The Seven Against Thebes -- The Epigoni -- Alcmaeon and the Necklace -- The Heradclidae -- Tales of Troy -- Index

Schwab's retellings of stories about Prometheus, Zeus, Heracles, Odysseus, and other ancient Greek gods and heroes are based on close adherence to the original sources

In English text.

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