Oh my gods : a modern retelling of Greek and Roman myths

Freeman, Philip 1961- (Author).

Summary: A professor of classics and visiting scholar at the Harvard Divinity school presents modern interpretations of traditional Greek and Roman myths that render classic themes accessible to a new generation of readers.

Record details

ISBN: 9781451609981 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xx, 348 p. : geneal. tables ; 24 cm.
Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed.
Publisher: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2013, c2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-336) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Creation -- Gods. Zeus ; Poseidon ; Hades ; Apollo ; Hephaestus ; Ares ; Hermes ; Pan ; Helios ; Dionysus ; Cupid -- Goddesses. Hera ; Demeter ; Artemis ; Aphrodite ; Hecate ; Hestia ; Athena ; Eos ; The Muses ; The Fates ; Cybele -- Heroes. Perseus ; Theseus ; Daedalus and Icarus ; Bellerophon ; Melampus ; Atalanta ; Procne and Philomela -- Lovers. Narcissus and Echo ; Pyramus and Thisbe ; Ceyx and Alcyone ; Glaucus and Scylla ; Hero and Leander ; Hypermnestra and Lynceus ; Baucis and Philemon ; Alpheus and Arethusa ; Pomona and Vertumnus ; Endymion and Selene ; Orpheus and Eurydice -- Hercules -- Oedipus -- Argonauts -- Troy -- Mycenae -- Odysseus -- Aeneas -- Rome. Romulus and Remus ; The Horatii brothers ; One-eyed Horatius ; Scaevola ; Cloelia ; Lucretia -- Genealogies -- Greek and Roman gods.