Myths and legends of Ancient Greece. Gods. Part 1

Nikolay Kun, Yuliia Shmatko

Description

Based on the bestselling book of N. A. Kun, this is an easy-to-read, comprehensive collection of Greek myths. Myths about the gods and their struggle with giants and titans presented in this book are based mainly on Hesiod's poem "Theogony" (The Origins and genealogies of the Gods). Some legends are also borrowed from Homer’s poems "Iliad" and "Odyssey" and the poem of the Roman poet Ovid "Metamorphoses" (Transformations).

Sujets

• Greece
• History
• Ancient
• Ancient Greece
• Histoire

Informations

• Publié par: Andrii Ponomarenko
• Date de parution: 14 mars 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9786177943982
• Langue: English

Extrait

Nikolay Kun
Myths and legends of Ancient Greece. Part 1
Illustrated
Based on the bestselling book of N. A. Kun, this is an easy-to-read, comprehensive collection of Greek myths. Myths about the gods and their struggle with giants and titans presented in this book are based mainly on Hesiod's poem "Theogony" (The Origins and genealogies of the Gods). Some legends are also borrowed from Homer’s poems "Iliad" and "Odyssey" and the poem of the Roman poet Ovid "Metamorphoses" (Transformations).
Table of Contents
Gods and heroes
Gods
Zeus [3]
Birth of Zeus
Zeus overthrows Cronus. The battle between Olympian gods and titans
Zeus fights Typhon
Olympus
Publisher: Andrii Ponomarenko © Ukraine - Kyiv 2023
ISBN: 978-617-7943-98-2
Gods and heroes
Myths about the gods and their struggle with giants and titans presented in this book are based mainly on Hesiod's poem "Theogony" (The Origins and genealogies of the Gods). Some legends are also borrowed from Homer’s poems "Iliad" and "Odyssey" and the poem of the Roman poet Ovid "Metamorphoses" (Transformations).
In the beginning, there was only eternal, boundless and dark Chaos. But it had the source of life inside it. Everything was born from the boundless Chaos – the whole world and the immortal gods. From that Chaos also came the goddess of the Earth – Gaia. She spread, wide and mighty, giving life to everything that lived and grew on her surface. And far under the Earth, as far as the vast and bright sky is seen by the eye, in the immeasurable depth, the gloomy Tartarus was born – a terrible abyss full of eternal darkness. From Chaos, the source of life, a mighty force was also born, all animating Love – Eros. The World began to form. Boundless Chaos gave birth to the Eternal Darkness – Erebus and the dark Night – Nyx. And from Night and Darkness came the eternal Light — Ether, and the joyful bright Day — Hemera. Light spread over the world, and night and day began to replace each other.
The mighty and fertile Earth gave birth to the boundless blue Sky — Uranus, and the Sky spread over the Earth. High Mountains, born by the Earth, proudly grew up and reached the sky, and the ever-murmuring Sea spread wide.
Mother Earth gave birth to the Sky, Mountains and the Sea, though they had no father.
Uranus — the Sky — reigned in this new world. He took the fertile Earth – Gaia – as his wife. Uranus and Gaia had six sons and six daughters — mighty and formidable titans. Their son, titan Oceanus, was flowing around the whole earth like a boundless river. The goddess Thetis gave birth to all rivers flowing into seas and to sea deities — oceanides. Titan Hyperion and Theia gave birth to divinities: the Sun – Helios, the Moon – Selene and the Dawn – rosy-fingered Eos (Aurora). From Astraeus and Eos came all the stars that illuminate the dark night sky, and all the winds – the stormy northern wind Boreas, the eastern Eurus, the humid southern Notus and the gentle western wind Zephyrus that carries clouds heavy with rain.