世界文学名著表现了作者描述的特定时代的文化。阅读这些名著可以领略著者流畅的文笔、逼真的描述、详细的刻画，让读者如同置身当时的历史文化之中。为此，我们将这套精心编辑的“名著典藏”奉献给广大读者。

本书找来了专门研究西方历史、西方文化的专家学者，请教了专业的翻译人员，精心挑选了可以代表西方文学的著作汇编成《古希腊罗马神话传说》，并听取了一些国外专门研究文学的朋友的建议，不删节、不做任何人为改动，严格按照原著的风格，提供原汁原味的西方名著，让读者能享受纯正的英文名著。

PREFACE

PART Ⅰ MYTHS

INTRODUCTION

First Dynasty

Origin of the World

Uranus and Gaea

Second Dynasty

Cronus (Saturn)

Rhea

Division of the World

Theories as to the Origin of Man

Third Dynasty

Olympian Divinities

Zeus (Jupiter)

Hera (Juno)

Pallas-Athene (Minerva)

Themis

Hestia (Vesta)

Demeter (Ceres)

Aphrodite (Venus)

Helios (Sol)

Eos (Aurora)

Phoebus-Apollo

Roman Apollo

Hecate

Selene (Luna)

Artemis (Diana)

Hephaestus (Vulcan)

Poseidon (Neptune)

Sea Divinities

Oceanus

Nereus

Proteus

Triton and the Tritons

Glaucus

Thetis

Thaumas, Phorcys, and Ceto

Leucothea

The Sirens

Ares (Mars)

Mars

Nike (Victoria)

Hermes (Mercury)

Dionysus (Bacchus)

Aides (Pluto)

Plutus

 Minor Divinities

The Harpies

Erinyes, Eumenides (Furiae, Dirge)

Moirae or Fates (Parcae)

Nemesis

Night and Her Children. Death, Sleep, and Dreams

Nyx (Nox)

Thanatos (Mors) and Hypnus (Somnus)

Morpheus

The Gorgons

Graeae

Sphinx

Tyche (Fortuna) and Ananke (Necessitas)

Kero

Ate

Momus

Eros (Cupid, Amor) and Psyche

Hymen

Iris (The Rainbow)

Hebe (Juventas)

Ganymedes

The Muses

Pegasus

The Hesperides

Charites (Gratiae) Graces

Horae (Seasons)

The Nymphs

The Winds

Pan (Faunus)

The Satyrs

Priapus

Asclepias (Aesculapius)

 Roman Divinities

Janus

Flora

Robigus

Pomona

Vertumnus

Pales

Picus

Picumnus and Pilumnus

Silvanus

Terminus

Consus

Libitina

Laverna

Comus

The Camenae

Genii

Manes

Lemures (Larwe) and Lares

Penates

Public Worship of the Ancient Greeks and Romans

Temples

Statues

Altars

Priests

Sacrifices

Oracles

Soothsayers (Augurs)

Festivals

Greek Festivals

Eleusinian Mysteries

Thesmophoria

Dionysia

Panathenaea

Daphnephoria

Roman Festivals

Saturnalia

Cerealia

Vestalia

PART Ⅱ LEGENDS

Cadmus

Perseus

Ion

Daedalus and Icarus

The Argonauts

Pelops

Heracles (Hercules)

Bellerophon

Theseus

Edipus

The Seven against Thebes

The Epigoni

Alcmaeon and the Necklace

The Heraclidae

The Siege of Troy

Return of the Greeks from Troy