
1: The Pelasgian creation myth - The Homeric and Orphic creation myths - The Olympian creation myth - Two philosophical creation myths - The five ages of man - The castration of Uranus - The dethronement of Cronus - The birth of Athens - Zeus and Metis - The fates - The birth of Aphrodite - Hera and her children - Zeus and Hera - Births of Hermes, Apollo, Artemis, and Dionysus - The birth of Eros - Poseidon's nature and deeds - Hermes's nature and deeds - Aphrodite's nature and deeds - Ares's nature and deeds - Hestia's nature and deeds - Apollo's nature and deeds - Artemis's nature and deeds - Hephaestus's nature and deeds - Demeter's nature and deeds - Athene's nature and deeds - Pan's nature and deeds - Dionysus's nature and deeds - Orpheus - Ganymedes - Zagreus - The gods of the underworld - Tyche and Nemesis - The children of the sea - The children of Echidne - The giants' revolt - Typhon - The Aloeids - Deucalion's flood - Atlas and Prometheus - Eos - Orion - Helius - The sons of Hellen - Ion - Alcyone and Ceyx - Tereus - Erechtheus and Eumolpus - Boreas - Alope - Asclepius - The Oracles - The alphabet - The Dactyls - The Telchines - The Empusae - Io - Phoroneus - Europe and Cadmus - Cadmus and Harmonia - Belus and the Danaids - Lamia - Leda - Ixion - Endymion - Pygmalion and Galatea - Aeacus - Sisyphus - Salmoneus and Tyro - Alcestis - Athamas - The mares of Glaucus - Melampus - Perseus - The rival twins - Bellerophon - Antiope - Niobe - Caenis and Caeneus - Erigone - The Calydonian boar - Telamon and Peleus - Aristaeus - Midas - Cleobis and Biton - Narcissus - Phyllis and Carya - Arion - Minos and his brothers - The loves of Minos - The children of Pasiphae - Scylla and Nisus - Daedalus and Talos - Catreus and Althaemenes - The sons of Pandion - The birth of Theseus - The labours of Theseus - Theseus and Medea - Theseus in Crete - The federalization of Attica - Theseus and the Amazons - Phaedra and Hippolytus - Lapiths and centaurs - Theseus in Tartarus - The death of Theseus - Map of the Greek world

Includes bibliographical references and index
