Greek Mythology : From Creation to First Humans

by: Lopez-Ruiz, C.

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Greek Mythology
From Creation to First Humans

Carolina López-Ruiz
Provides a unique comparative view of Greek myths of the creation of the cosmos and humans
Offers an understanding of how the myths connected with aspects of real life
Contains excerpts from the key works along with contextualization and varied interpretative approaches

Description
This volume provides an introduction to ancient Greek mythology through the theme of cosmogonies and theogonies —myths of origins that told the creation of the world and the birth and succession of the gods. Greek Mythology additionally features important foundational myths related to the early stages of humankind, such as the sequence of the Five Races, the first sacrifice, the creation of woman, and the Flood, all part of the core Greek myths about the beginnings of the world.

The centerpiece of the volume is Hesiod's Theogony as well as parts of Works and Days which are, along with the Iliad and Odyssey, the earliest Greek literary texts preserved. The volume includes freshly translated excerpts from these canonical sources along with discussions of alternative cosmogonies and theogonies in the Greek tradition, in a rare feature for myth overviews. Beyond providing an overview of the central stories, Greek Mythology reveals myriad aspects of the myths, such as their literary form and performative contexts, their relationship to Near Eastern myths, their religious relevance and ritual function, and their reception, both in later antiquity and in modern times.

Table of Contents
Introduction
1. From Chaos to Olympos
2. First Humans and their Gods
3. Facing East
4. Resilient Myths
Conclusion
Further Reading
Bibliography
Index

Author Information
Carolina López-Ruiz, Professor, University of Chicago Divinity School and Department of Classics

Carolina López-Ruiz is Professor at the University of Chicago Divinity School and Department of Classics. Her books include When the Gods Were Born: Greek Cosmogonies and the Near East; Gods, Heroes, and Monsters: A Sourcebook of Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern Myths in Translation; The Oxford Handbook of the Phoenician and Punic Mediterranean (co-edited with B. R. Doak); and Phoenicians and the Making of the Mediterranean.

The Oxford Handbook of the Hellenistic and Roman Near East

by: Raja, R.

• ISBN-13: 9780190858155 / 978-0-19-085815/5
• ISBN-03: 019085815X / 0-19-085815-X
• Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2025

Greek Mythology : From Creation to First Humans

by: Lopez-Ruiz, C.

• ISBN-13: 9780190944803 / 978-0-19-094480-3
• ISBN-03: 0190944803 / 0-19-094480-3
• Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2024

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