Schwab, Gustav, 1792-1850
Gods & heroes : myths & epics of ancient Greece / Gustav Schwab; introduction by Werner Jaeger. - [New York] Pantheon [1946] Pantheon [1946] - 764 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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.
0394418344 0394734025 pbk.
Mythology, Classical --Juvenile literature
Mythology, Greek
Juvenile works.
CIR BL 725 / S33 1946
Gods & heroes : myths & epics of ancient Greece / Gustav Schwab; introduction by Werner Jaeger. - [New York] Pantheon [1946] Pantheon [1946] - 764 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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.
0394418344 0394734025 pbk.
Mythology, Classical --Juvenile literature
Mythology, Greek
Juvenile works.
CIR BL 725 / S33 1946