Creation stories in Greek mythology

Don Nardo, 1947-

Book - 2017

Like peoples throughout history, the ancient Greeks maintained largely fanciful stories about how the world, animals, and humans came to be. At the core of those tales were descriptions of the origins of the gods. Unlike many societies, which envisioned gods fashioning the universe, the Greeks held that the universe came first and gave birth to the gods--Amazon.

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Published
San Diego, CA : ReferencePoint Press [2017]
Language
English
Main Author
Don Nardo, 1947- (author)
Physical Description
80 pages : illustrations, map (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9781601529589
  • Introduction: Origins of the Creation Tales
  • Chapter 1. The Cosmos and Earth Emerge
  • Chapter 2. The Rise of the Titans
  • Chapter 3. The Olympians Take Charge
  • Chapter 4. Crafting the Human Race
  • Chapter 5. Survival of the Greek Myths
  • Source Notes
  • For Further Research
  • Index
  • Picture Credits
  • About the Author
Review by Booklist Review

It's all Greek mythology, that is in this scholarly Library of Greek Mythology series. In each volume, Nardo sets the scene for the topic with an overview of the rise of classical Greece. He then presents detailed examples of many kinds of myths. Creation Stories tells how the ancient Greeks believed that the world began with Chaos and from this disorder came the Titans, the Olympians, and, finally, the human race. The interconnected books conclude with how Greek myths have been depicted in Western civilization and popular culture. They feature colorful scenes from myths, sidebars on great storytellers (e.g., Homer and Euripides), and word origins that give the ancient Greek and modern definitions of such words as cosmos and zoo. This series fits research needs across curricula in history, literature, and the arts.--Leeper, Angela Copyright 2017 Booklist

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Review by School Library Journal Review

Gr 7 Up-With numbered source notes for each chapter and a nicely annotated set of suggestions for further reading and websites, these are scholarly discussions useful for homework purposes or deeper study by serious readers of mythology. Each book opens with a map of ancient Greece (circa 500 BCE) and a substantial introduction to some of the human interactions with the gods and the meaning and development of the myths in Greek sociology, intellectual life, and art. The five chapters that make up each volume cover many aspects of the mythical subjects and stories, as well as material on Greek history. The themes within the titles interconnect many of the characters and stories, and there's a fair amount of overlap among the books. All include a few handsome annotated images and many small insets noting Greek words and their modern counterparts. VERDICT Deeply informative yet interesting selections for students of mythology. Recommended. © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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