希腊罗马神话

IntroductionPART I THE GODSChapterI The World of the MythsII The Gods of Olympus； ZeusIII Hera, Athena, HephaestusI. Hera (Juno)II. Athena (Minerva)III. Hephaestus (Vulcan)IV Apollo and ArtemisI. ApolloII. Artemis (Diana)V Hermes and HestiaI . Hermes (Mercury)II. Hestia (Vesta)VI Ares and AphroditeI. Ares (mars)II. Aphrodite (Venus)VII The Lesser Deities of OlympusI . Eros (Cupid)II. Other Deities of OlympusThe Gods of the SeaIX The Gods of the EarthX The World of the DeadPART II THE HEROESXI Stories of ArgosXII Heracles (Hercules)XIII Stories of Crete, Sparta, Corinth, and AetoliaI. Stories of CreteII. Stories of SpartaIII. Stories of CorinthIV. The Calydonian Boar HuntXIV Stories of AtticaXV Stories of ThebesXVI The Argonautic ExpeditionXVII The Trojan WarThe Wanderings of OdysseusXIX The Tragedy of AgamemnonXX The Legendary Origin of RomeAppendix AAppendix B

　　While familiarity with classical mythology is generallyrecognized as essential to the understanding of literature and artand to the preservation of a great and valuable part of ourartistic and spiritual heritage, the method of assuring such afamiliarity to the rising generation differs in different schools.In many the stories of the gods and heroes are read in the lowergrades from one or another of the children's books based on themyths, and any further knowledge of the subject depends upon thestudy of Vergil and other Latin or Greek writers and on the use ofreference books in connection with reading in Englishliterature.