Identifies the gods, goddesses, heroes, and monsters of Greek mythology, recounts the most famous stories, and briefly describes Greek history and culture.

 

This book is part of a book series called Myths And Legends .

This book is aimed at the following children: primary school, secondary school .

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 1985 by Usborne Publishing Ltd .

Fiona Macdonald is the author of over 150 children's books, specializing in history. Dr Anne Millard is an archaeologist with a doctorate in Egyptology.

This book has the following chapters: Before you start; map of ancient Greece; religion; Greek myths and history; the creation; what the world was like; Demeter, Persephone and Pluto; Aphrodite, goddess of love; the goddess Athene; Apollo and Artemis; Dionysus and Hermes; Prometheus and mankind; Zeus's lovers; Perseus; wicked women; evil men; fate and three heroes; love stories; Jason and the golden fleece; Theseus; Heracles; Paris, Helen and Troy; the Trojan war; after the Trojan war; the adventures of Odysseus; more heroes; who's who in the Greek myths.