Elizabeth Vandiver

01. Introduction

Herodotus and History

04. First Was Chaos

02. What is Myth

01-01 Introduction

Introduction to Homeric Epic

05. The Reign of the Olympians

Heroes Homecomings

07. Demeter, Persephone, and the Conquest of Death

03. Why is Myth

06. Immortals and Mortals

Glory, Honor, and the Wrath of Achilles

The Homeric Question

''Inquiry'' and the Birth of History

The Death of Patroklos

Homeric Epic and the East-West Conflict

The Paradox of Glory

01-02 Introduction

Within the Walls of Troy

Achilles and Hektor

Guests and Hosts

The Longest Day

Achilles Returns to Battle

The Role of the Gods

09. Apollo and Artemis

01-05 Introduction

14. Theseus and the Test-and-Quest Myth

The Embassy to Achilles

10. Hermes and Dionysos

Myth, Legend, and Oral Tradition

08. The Eleusinian Mysteries and the Afterlife

01-03 Introduction

01-04 Introduction

11. Laughter-Loving Aphrodite

01-06 Introduction

The Ionian Enlightenment

Introduction

19. Blood Vengeance Justice and the Furies

13. Humans, Heroes, and Half-Gods

Herodotus' Account of Egypt

The Beginnings of the Conflict

Cyrus and the Foundation of the Persian Empire

03-01 Rome, Augustus, and Virgil

Athens in the Archaic Age

Politics and Culture in Fifth-Century Athens

12. Culture, Prehistory, and the Great Goddess

16. The Greatest Hero of All

02-04 From Aeneas to Romulus

02-01 From Aeneas to Romulus

Croesus, Solon, and Human Happiness