Title:
Mythology / by Edith Hamilton.
ISBN:
9780316223348
9780316341516
9780316341141
9780451628039
9780446607254
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
Boston : Little, Brown, and Co./Back Bay Books, 1998.
Physical Description:
xiv, 497 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
General Note:
Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown, and Co., 1942.
Illustrators vary: 1942-2011 editions, Steele Savage; 2013- editions, Chris Wormell.
Includes index.
Contents:
The Gods, the creation, and the earliest heroes. The Gods ; The two great Gods of Earth ; How the world and mankind were created ; The earliest heroes -- Stories of love and adventure. Cupid and Psyche ; Eight brief tales of lovers ; The quest of the Golden Fleece ; Four great adventures -- The great heroes before the Trojan War. Perseus ; Theseus ; Hercules ; Atalanta -- The heroes of the Trojan War. The Trojan War ; The fall of Troy ; The adventures of Odysseus ; The adventures of Aeneas -- The great families of mythology. The house of Atreus ; The royal house of Thebes ; The royal house of Athens -- The less important myths. Midas -- and others ; Brief myths arranged alphabetically -- The mythology of the Norsemen. Introduction to Norse mythology -- Genealogical tables.
Summary:
A collection of Greek and Roman myths from various classical sources arranged in section on the gods and early heroes, love and adventure stories, heroes before and during the Trojan War, and lesser myths. Includes a brief section on Norse mythology.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 8.2 20.0 8663.
Reading Counts RC High School 8.3 27 Quiz: 08220 Guided reading level: NR.
Subject Term:
Interest grade level:
7-10.
Audience:
1040L Lexile
Reading level:
8.3 Dale-Chall.
OCLC Number:
ocm39891058
Availability:
Burnsville - Burnhaven~1
