A Companion to Classical Mythology: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: This study guide complements Classical Mythology, 6th edition, reviewing chapters 1-24 of the text and providing practice tests with answers. By isolating this important information, the Companion helps students to quickly and firmly grasp the source materi... Details...

A Dictionary of Creation Myths: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: "God made Heaven, and then, after measuring the space underneath with a ball of thread, he began to form the earth. A mole asked to help, and God gave him the thread to hold while he wove the patterns of the earth. Sometimes the mole would let out too much ... Details...

A Pocket Dictionary of Greek and Roman Gods and Goddesses: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: The gods and goddesses of ancient Greece and Rome have long been popular subjects in Western art, and references to them continue to appear today in art, literature, and films. Details...

Alpha: The Myths of Creation: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: After discussing the nature of religion, mythic and scientific modes of thinking and the general character of creation myths, Charles Long interprets five major types of such myths: creation from nothing, emergence myths, world-parent myths, creation from C... Details...

Ancient Philosophy, Mystery, and Magic Empedocles and Pythagorean Tradition: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: This is the first book to analyze systematically crucial aspects of ancient Greek philosophy in their original context of mystery, religion, and magic. The author brings to light recently uncovered evidence about ancient Pythagoreanism and its influence on ... Details...

Athenian Myths and Institutions: Words in Action: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: This book analyzes the relationships between Athenian myths and the institutions that informed them. In particular, it examines how myths encode thoughts on ritual, the code of the warrior, marriage, and politics. Combining traditional historical and litera... Details...

Athenian Religion: A History: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: Inadequately documented, ancient Greek religion can all too easily be reduced to the dry analysis of archaeological remains and so-called `ritual objects'. This authoritative new work attempts to bridge the gap that usually divides Greek religion from Greek... Details...

Classical Mythology: A Guide to the Mythical World of the Greeks and Romans: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: The birth of Aphrodite, the Trojan Horse, Zeus disguised as a swan. These and other classical myths and legends are usually encountered separately, but together they make up a coherent, multigenerational saga of epic battles, bizarre metamorphoses, immortal... Details...

Dictionary of Ancient Deities: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: Nothing reveals more about a civilization than the gods and goddesses it worships. For thousands of years men and women have fashioned stories about divine beings to explain their most mysterious, terrifying, and exalted experiences. And yet today the names... Details...

Early Greek Mythography: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: This volume collects together the scattered quotations of the Greek writers of the sixth to the fourth centuries BC who first recorded in prose the tales of Greek mythology (the "mythographers"). Volume 1 is an edition of the texts; Volume 2, which provides... Details...