Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece
Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
Copyright © 1946 by Pantheon Books,
a division of Random House, Inc.
Copyright renewed 1974 by Random House, Inc.
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American
Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by
Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York,
and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited,
Toronto. Originally published in hardcover in the United States by
Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, in 1946.
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 47-878
eISBN: 978-0-307-80518-8
v3.1
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN TEXT
AND ITS GREEK SOURCES BY
OLGA MARX AND ERNST MORWITZ
INTRODUCTION BY WERNER JAEGER
CONTENTS
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
INTRODUCTION BY WERNER JAEGER
PART I
PROMETHEUS
THE AGES OF MAN
PYRRHA AND DEUCALION
ZEUS AND Io
PHAETHON
EUROPA
CADMUS
PENTHEUS
PERSEUS
CREUSA AND ION
DAEDALUS AND ICARUS
THE STORY OF THE ARGONAUTS
Jason and Pelias
The Cause and the Outset of the Voyage of the Argonauts
The Argonauts at Lemnos
The Argonauts in the Land of the Doliones
Heracles Left Behind
Polydeuces and the King of the Bebrycians
Phineus and the Harpies
The Symplegades
Further Adventures
Jason in the Palace of Aeetes
Medea and Aeetes
The Counsel of Argus
Medea Promises to Help the Argonauts
Jason and Medea
Jason Does the Bidding of Aeetes
Medea Takes the Golden Fleece
The Argonauts are Pursued and Escape with Medea
The Argonauts on their Homeward Journey
The Colchians Continue their Pursuit
The Last Adventures of the Argonauts
Jason’s End
MELEAGER AND THE BOAR
TANTALUS
PELOPS
NIOBE
SALMONEUS
HERACLES
The Infant Heracles
The Rearing of Heracles
Heracles at the Crossroads
The First Adventures of Heracles
Heracles Fights the Giants
Heracles and Eurystheus
The First Three Labors of Heracles
The Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Labors of Heracles
The Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Labors of Heracles
The Last Three Labors of Heracles
Heracles and Eurytus
Heracles and Admetus
Heracles in the Service of Omphale
Subsequent Exploits of Heracles
Heracles and Deianira
Heracles and Nessus
Heracles, Iole, and Deianira. His End
BELLEROPHON
THESEUS
His Birth and his Youth
His Journey to his Father
Theseus in Athens
Theseus and Minos
King Theseus
The War with the Amazons
Theseus and Pirithous
Theseus and Phaedra
Theseus and Helen
The End of Theseus
THE STORY OF KING OEDIPUS
The Birth of Oedipus, his Youth, his Flight, and the Murder of his Father
Oedipus in Thebes
The Discovery
Jocasta and Oedipus Inflict Punishment upon Themselves
Oedipus and Antigone
Oedipus at Colonus
Oedipus and Theseus
Oedipus and Creon
Oedipus and Polynices
THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES
Polynices and Tydeus as the Guests of Adrastus
The Heroes Set Out. Hypsipyle and Opheltes
The Heroes Arrive in Thebes
Menoeceus
The Attack upon Thebes
Brothers in Single Combat
Creon’s Resolve
Antigone and Creon
Haemon and Antigone
Creon’s Punishment
The Burial of the Heroes of Thebes
THE EPIGONI
ALCMAEON AND THE NECKLACE
THE HERACLIDAE
The Heraclidae Come to Athens
Demophoon
Macaria
The Battle
Eurystheus and Alcmene
Hyllus and His Descendants
The Heraclidae Divide Up the Peloponnesus
Merope and Aepytus
PART II
TALES OF TROY
The Building of Troy
Priam, Hecuba, and Paris
The Rape of Helen
The Argives
The Argives Send Priam a Message
Agamemnon and Iphigenia
The Argives Set Out. Philoctetes is Abandoned
The Argives in Mysia. Telephus
Paris Returns
The Argives before Troy
Fighting Begins. Protesilaus. Cycnus
The Death of Palamedes
Achilles and Ajax
Polydorus
Chryses, Apollo, and the Wrath of Achilles
Agamemnon Tries the Argives
Paris and Menelaus
Pandarus
The Battle. Diomedes
Glaucus and Diomedes
Hector in Troy
Hector and Ajax in Single Combat
The Truce
A Trojan Victory
The Argives Send a Message to Achilles
Dolon and Rhesus
Another Argive Defeat
The Fight at the Wall
The Struggle for the Ships
Poseidon Strengthens the Achaeans
Apollo Revives Hector
The Death of Patroclus
The Grief of Achilles
Achilles Newly Armed
Achilles and Agamemnon Reconciled
The Battle of Gods and Men
Achilles Fights the River-God Scamander
The Battle of the Gods
Achilles and Hector Before the Gates
The Death of Hector
The Funeral of Patroclus
Priam Visits Achilles
Hector’s Body in Troy
Penthesilea
Memnon
The Death of Achilles
Funeral Games for Achilles
The Death of Ajax the Great
Machaon and Podalirius
Neoptolemus
Philoctetes on Lemnos
The Death of Paris
The Storming of Troy
The Wooden Horse
The Destruction of Troy
Menelaus and Helen. Polyxena
Departure from Troy. Ajax of Locris Dies
THE LAST TANTALIDES
Agamemnon’s Line and House
Agamemnon’s End
Agamemnon is Avenged
Orestes and the Furies
Iphigenia in the Land of the Tauri
ODYSSEUS
Telemachus and the Suitors
Telemachus and Nestor
Telemachus in Sparta
The Suitors’ Plot
Odysseus Leaves Calypso and is Shipwrecked
Nausicaa
Odysseus and the Phaeacians
Odysseus Tells the Tale of his Wanderings to the Phaeacians. The Cicones. The Lotos-Eaters. The Cyclopes. Polyphemus
Odysseus Continues his Tale. The Leather Bag of Aeolus. The Laestrygonians. Circe
Odysseus Continues his Tale. The Realm of Shades
Odysseus Continues his Tale. The Sirens. Seylla and Charybdis. Thrinacia and the Herds of the Sun-God. Shipwreck. Odysseus and Calypso
Odysseus Bids the Phaeacians Farewell
Odysseus Reaches Ithaca
Odysseus Visits the Swineherd
Telemachus Leaves Sparta
With the Swineherd
Telemachus Returns
Odysseus Reveals Himself to his Son
The City and the Palace
Telemachus, Odysseus, and Eumaeus Reach the City
Odysseus, the Beggar, in the Hall
Odysseus and the Beggar Irus
Penelope and the Suitors
Odysseus Mocked Again
Odysseus Alone with Telemachus and Penelope
Night and Morning in the Palace
The Feast
The Contest with the Bow
Odysseus Reveals Himself to the Good Herdsmen
Vengeance
The Servants are Punished
Odysseus and Penelope
Odysseus and Laertes
Athene Calms Rebellion in the City
Odysseus the Victor
Acknowledgement
INTRODUCTION
OFTEN have I told my youngest daughter the legends of ancient Greece, and have found myself wishing that I could give her a book that would show her more of that magic world which was the delight of my own youth, and to which I love to return, now that I am older. But I have wished in vain. Then a while ago I heard of the plan of a publisher who had had a similar experience with his son, and I hailed his project. He had had the happy thought of preparing an English edition of Gustav Schwab’s Die Sagen des Klassischen Altertums, and at once I declared I was eager to help him realize this plan. Of course there are other books of this kind in English, but most of them, at any rate, fill a different need from the one I felt. They are intended to appeal primarily to children, though no one would deny that they are entitled to their share of these wonderful old tales.
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