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Titans and Olympians : Greek & Roman myth

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ISBN: 9780705435130
ISBN: 070543513X
Physical Description: print
144 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm.
Publisher: Amsterdam : Time-Life, [1997]
Copyright: ©1997

General Note:	"Writers, Tony Allan, Sara Maitland. Created, edited and designed by Duncan Baird Publishers"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (page 144) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Classical world: Gods of Greeks -- Rise of Rome -- Picture essay: Olympic games -- Origins of the world:Chaos and its offspring -- Children of the earth and heavens -- Castration of Uranus -- Birth of Zeus -- Battles of the gods -- Ages of humankind -- First familyof Olympus: Olympus: Dwelling of the gods -- First couple: Zeus and Hera -- Poseidon, god of the oceans -- Hades, god of the underworld -- Demeter: Tale of rebirth -- Picture essay: Renaissance and the gods -- Aphrodite, goddess of love -- Second generation:Athena, goddess of good counsel -- Picture essay: City on the hill -- Artemis, virgin huntress -- Apollo, god of light -- Hephaestus, heavenly craftsman -- Ares, god of war -- Dionysus, god of the grape -- Family tree of the gods and goddesses -- Gods and the life of humankind: Hermes, fleet of foot -- Gods of hearth and home -- Path through life -- Realm of the shades -- Picture essay: Volcanic museum -- Stories of love and transformation: Cupid and Psyche: Allegory of love -- Uses of transformation -- Aphrodite and Adonis: Myth of love and death -- Sad tale of Echo and Narcissus -- Baucis and Philemon: Virtue rewarded -- Legacy of the Olympians.