The Gods of the Greeks

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The Gods of the Greeks
by Carl Kerenyi;  edited by Joseph Campbell

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Table of Contents

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

I. THE BEGINNING OF THINGS

1. Okeanos and Tethys
2. Night, the Egg and Eros
3. Chaos, Gaia and Eros

II. STORIES OF THE TITANS

1. Ouranos, Gaia and Kronos
2. Kronos, Rhea and Zeus
3. The Battles of the Gods and Titans
4. Typhoeus or Typhon, Zeus and Aigipan
5. The Battle with the Giants

III. THE MOIRAI, HEKATE AND OTHER PRE-OLYMPIAN DEITIES

1. The Goddesses of Fate (Moirai)
2. The Goddesses Eurybia, Styx and Hekate
3. Skylla, Lamia, Empousa and Other Bogies
4. The Eldest Daughters of Tethys and Okeanos
5. The Old Ones of the Sea--Phorkys, Proteus and Nereus
6. The Grey Goddesses (Graiai)
7. The Erinyes or Eumenides
8. The Gorgons Sthenno, Euryale and Medousa
9. The Echidna, the Hesperidean Serpent and the Hesperides
10. Acheloos and the Sirens
11. Thaumas, Iris and the Harpies
12. The Daughters of Nereus

IV. THE GREAT GODDESS OF LOVE

1. The Birth of Aphrodite
2. Aphrodite and Nerites
3. Aphrodite, Ares and Hephaistos
4. The Story of Pygmalion
5. The Story of Adonis
6. Aphrodite and Anchises
7. Aphrodite's Surnames

V. THE GREAT MOTHER OF THE GODS AND HER COMPANIONS

1. Idaean Daktyloi and Kouretes
2. Kabeiroi and Telchines
3. The Story of Attis

VI. ZEUS AND HIS SPOUSES

1. Zeus's Birth and Childhood
2. Zeus and Hera
3. Zeus, Eurynome and the Charites or Graces
4. Zeus, Themis and the Horai
5. Zeus, Mnemosyne and the Muses
6. Zeus, Nemesis and Leda
7. Cretan Tales
8. Orphic Stories
9. Surnames of Zeus and Hera

VII. METIS AND PALLAS ATHENE

1. The Birth of Athene
2. Athene's Fathers and Tutors
3. Athene and Hephaistos
4. The Daughters of Kekrops
5. Athene's Surnames

VIII. LETO, APOLLON AND ARTEMIS

1. Leto's Wanderings
2. Leto and Asteria
3. The Birth of Apollon
4. Apollon and his Enemies
5. Apollon and his Paramours
6. The Birth and Death of Asklepios
7. Tales of Artemis
8. The Story of Britomartis
9. Surnames of Apollon and Artemis

IX. HERA, ARES AND HEPHAISTOS

1. Hera's Maternities
2. Ares and the Aloadai
3. The Fall and Upbringing of Hephaistos
4. The Binding of Hera
5. Hera, Ixion and the Centaurs

X. MAIA, HERMES, PAN AND THE NYMPHS

1. The Birth And First Deeds of Hermes
2. Hermes, Aphrodite and Hermaphroditos
3. The Birth and Love-affairs of Pan
4. The Stories concerning Priapos
5. Nymphs and Satyrs

XI. POSEIDON AND HIS WIVES

1. Poseidon's Birth and Ram-Marriage
2. Poseidon amongst the Telchines
3. Demeter, and Poseidon's Stallion-Marriages
4. Poseidon and Amphitrite
5. Amphitrite's Children

XlI. THE SUN, THE MOON AND THEIR FAMILY

1. The Story of Phaeton
2. Selene and Endymion
3. Eos and her Paramours
4. Stories of Orion
5. Tales of the Gods of the Winds

XIII. PROMETHEUS AND THE HUMAN RACE

1. The Origin of Mankind
2. Rivalry with Zeus and the Theft of Fire
3. The Story of Pandora
4. The Punishment and Unbinding of Prometheus
5. The Story of Niobe
6. Thetis and the Future Ruler of the World
7. The Destiny of Mankind

XIV. HADES AND PERSEPHONE

1. The Rape of Persephone
2. Other Stories of Rape, Consolation and Ascension
3. Tales of the Underworld

XV. DIONYSIS AND HIS FEMALE COMPANIONS

1. Dionysos, Demeter and Persephone
2. Dionysos and Semele
3. Female Companions and Female Enemies of Dionysos
4. Dionysos, Ino and Melikertes
5. Dionysos at Sea
6. Dionysos and Ariadne
7. Surnames of Dionysos

SOURCES

INDEX

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[This Table of Contents was originally posted to YouAreThat.org. I may have omitted some of the scholarly apparatus from this table of contents, such as Acknowledgements, the Index, etc.]

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