Greek Mythology-Hardcover

• It reveals the richest, deepest and most powerful tales ever told.

• It clearly reveals the relationships between gods, mortals and their children.

• Contains detailed genealogies of gods and heroes.

• He travels throughout the Greek world and traces the journeys of Jason and the Argonauts, the deeds of Herakles, the bravery of Theseus, and the groups fighting in the Trojan War.

• It indicates the locations of the main mountains and rivers in the world of myth.

• It shows how Greek myths have inspired writers and artists from the Renaissance until today.

• It brings the myths to life more clearly with pictures and specially prepared maps of breathtaking treasures and settlements.

• Written by one of the world's leading authorities.

Contexts, Sources, Meanings: "what is myth?" examines the question, investigates literary and artistic sources, and examines contexts such as ritual and theater. Origin Myths: traces the mythological origin of the universe, the first gods, the first humans and the first societies. Gods of Olympus: Power, Honor, Sexuality: reveals the powers and activities of all the main gods and their connection with the ideas of divine honor and divine sex.

Heroics: tells the tales of the heroes Perseus, Jason, Theseus and Heracles and revisits the Trojan War.

Family Epics: retells the dramas and disasters that befell heroes and heroines, including the doomed families of Atreus and Oedipus.

A Landscape of Myth: Explores the mountains, caves, seas and rivers of Greece, as well as the landscapes of Crete, Troy and the Underworld. Greek Myths After the Greeks examines the rich tradition of retellings from the Romans through Christianity and the Renaissance to the 21st century.
(From the Promotional Bulletin)



Number of Pages: 260

Year of Print: 2016


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Alfa Publishing

Graphic: Müge Günbaş
Editor-in-Chief: Mustafa Küpüşoğlu

First Print Year: 2016

Number of Pages: 260

Language Turkish