| Description |
ix, 200 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Vampires, Werewolves and the Living Dead. Furies, Keres, Empusa and strix; Werewolves; The living dead; Non-mythical monters -- 2. Impact -- 3. Laocoon and the Sea-Snakes -- 4. Sirens. In Homer's Odyssey; In Apollonius of Rhodes' Voyage of Argo; In other Classical authors; In medieval, Renaissance and later authors -- 5. Other winged monsters. The Stymphalian Birds; Griffins; The sphinx; Harpies -- 6. A Monster-Slayer. Theseus' early life and conquests; The Minotaur; The Calydonian boar; The Centaurs; Theseus' end -- 7. A Good Monster: Chiron -- 8. Metamorphosed Monsters. Medusa; Scylla -- 9. Jason and the Argonauts. Talos; The hydra; The earthborn men -- 10. Fighting with Monsters (1). The Second Labour of Heracles: the Hydra of Lerna; Plot analysis: functions and stages; Filling out the story; The Tenth Labour of Heracles: Geryon and Cacus -- 11. Fighting with Monsters (2). Typhos; Perseus, Andromeda and the sea-monster; Perseus and Medusa -- 12. Polyphemus. Odysseus and Polyphemus; Polyphemus and Galatea; Other gigantic monsters |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 195-197 |
| Subject |
Mythology in literature.
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Monsters.
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Classical literature.
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| ISBN |
9780715636275 |
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0715636278 |
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