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Books on Greek Mythology and Religion

119 books — primary sources in translation, practitioners’ classics and current scholarship.

Cover of Achilleid AchilleidStatius J. H. Mozley (trans.)c. 95 CE Cover of Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character Achilles in VietnamJonathan Shay 1994 Aelius Aristides and the Sacred TalesC. A. Behr Aelius Aristides and the Sacred TalesC. A. Behr 1968 Cover of Aeschylus: The Oresteia AeschylusSimon Goldhill 1992 Cover of The Age of Fable The Age of FableThomas Bulfinch 1855 Cover of The Ancient Olympic Games The Ancient Olympic GamesJudith Swaddling 1980 Cover of The Anger of Achilles: Mênis in Greek Epic The Anger of AchillesLeonard Muellner 1996 Cover of Antigone AntigoneSophocles c. 441 BCE AntigonesGeorge Steiner AntigonesGeorge Steiner 1984 AphroditeMonica S. Cyrino AphroditeMonica S. Cyrino 2010 Cover of Apollo ApolloFritz Graf 2009 Cover of Apollodorus: The Library ApollodorusApollodorus James George Frazer (trans.)1921 Cover of Argonautica ArgonauticaApollonius of Rhodes R. C. Seaton (trans.)3rd century BCE The Argonautica of ApolloniusRichard Hunter The Argonautica of ApolloniusRichard Hunter 1993 Cover of Asclepius: Collection and Interpretation of the Testimonies AsclepiusEmma J. Edelstein and Ludwig Edelstein 1945 Cover of Athena AthenaSusan Deacy 2008 Cover of Athenian Religion: A History Athenian ReligionRobert Parker 1996 Cover of The Best of the Achaeans: Concepts of the Hero in Archaic Greek Poetry The Best of the AchaeansGregory Nagy 1979 Cover of The Birth of Tragedy The Birth of TragedyFriedrich Nietzsche 1872 Cover of Callimachus: Hymns and Epigrams CallimachusCallimachus A. W. Mair and G. R. Mair (trans.)1921 Cover of The Cambridge Companion to Greek Mythology The Cambridge Companion to Greek MythologyRoger D. Woodard 2007 Cover of Centaurs and Amazons: Women and the Pre-History of the Great Chain of Being Centaurs and AmazonsPage duBois 1982 Cover of The Classical Tradition: Greek and Roman Influences on Western Literature The Classical TraditionGilbert Highet 1949 Cover of The Complete Greek Temples The Complete Greek TemplesTony Spawforth 2006 The Cuisine of Sacrifice among the GreeksMarcel Detienne and Jean-Pierre Vernant The Cuisine of Sacrifice among the GreeksMarcel Detienne and Jean-Pierre Vernant Paula Wissing (trans.)1989 The Cult of Pan in Ancient GreecePhilippe Borgeaud The Cult of Pan in Ancient GreecePhilippe Borgeaud Kathleen Atlass and James Redfield (trans.)1988 Cover of The Cults of the Greek States The Cults of the Greek StatesLewis Richard Farnell 1896–1909 Cover of Cyclops CyclopsEuripides late 5th century BCE The Death and Afterlife of AchillesJonathan S. Burgess The Death and Afterlife of AchillesJonathan S. Burgess 2009 Death and Burial in the Greek WorldDonna C. Kurtz and John Boardman Death and Burial in the Greek WorldDonna C. Kurtz and John Boardman 1971 Cover of Description of Greece Description of GreecePausanias c. 150 CE Cover of Drakōn: Dragon Myth and Serpent Cult in the Greek and Roman Worlds DrakōnDaniel Ogden 2013 Cover of The Dramatic Festivals of Athens The Dramatic Festivals of AthensArthur Pickard-Cambridge 1953 Early Greek MythTimothy Gantz Early Greek MythTimothy Gantz 1993 Cover of The East Face of Helicon: West Asiatic Elements in Greek Poetry and Myth The East Face of HeliconM. L. West 1997 Cover of Electra ElectraSophocles c. 410s BCE Cover of Eleusis: Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughter EleusisCarl Kerényi Ralph Manheim (trans.)1967 Cover of The Epic Cycle: A Commentary on the Lost Troy Epics The Epic CycleM. L. West 2013 The Epidaurian Miracle InscriptionsLynn R. LiDonnici The Epidaurian Miracle InscriptionsLynn R. LiDonnici 1995 Cover of Festivals of the Athenians Festivals of the AtheniansH. W. Parke 1977 Cover of The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times The First Fossil HuntersAdrienne Mayor 2000 Cover of Georgics GeorgicsVirgil 29 BCE Cover of Goddess and Polis: The Panathenaic Festival in Ancient Athens Goddess and PolisJenifer Neils 1992 Cover of Greek Epic Fragments Greek Epic FragmentsMartin L. West Martin L. West (ed. and trans.)2003 Cover of Greek Hero Cults and Ideas of Immortality Greek Hero Cults and Ideas of ImmortalityLewis Richard Farnell 1921 Cover of Greek Mythology: An Introduction Greek MythologyFritz Graf Thomas Marier (trans.)1993 The Greek MythsRobert Graves The Greek MythsRobert Graves 1955 Cover of Greek Necromancy Greek NecromancyDaniel Ogden 2001 Cover of Greek Nymphs: Myth, Cult, Lore Greek NymphsJennifer Larson 2001 Greek Satyr PlayMark Griffith Greek Satyr PlayMark Griffith 2015 Cover of Greek Tragedy: A Literary Study Greek TragedyH. D. F. Kitto 1939 Cover of The Greek Way of Death The Greek Way of DeathRobert Garland 1985 Cover of Hekate in Ancient Greek Religion Hekate in Ancient Greek ReligionRobert Von Rudloff 1999 HesiodM. L. West (ed.) HesiodM. L. West (ed.) 1966 Cover of Hesiod's Cosmos Hesiod's CosmosJenny Strauss Clay 2003 Cover of The Homeric Hymn to Demeter The Homeric Hymn to DemeterHelene P. Foley 1994 Cover of The Homeric Hymn to Demeter The Homeric Hymn to DemeterN. J. Richardson 1974 Cover of Homeric Questions Homeric QuestionsGregory Nagy 1996 Cover of Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth Homo NecansWalter Burkert Peter Bing (trans.)1983 Cover of The Iliad The IliadHomer c. 750–700 BCE Cover of In Search of the Trojan War In Search of the Trojan WarMichael Wood 1985 Cover of Inventing Homer: The Early Reception of Epic Inventing HomerBarbara Graziosi 2002 Cover of Iphigenia among the Taurians Iphigenia among the TauriansEuripides c. 414 BCE Cover of The Jason Voyage The Jason VoyageTim Severin 1985 Les lamelles oraculaires de DodoneÉric Lhôte Les lamelles oraculaires de DodoneÉric Lhôte 2006 Cover of The Library The LibraryApollodorus J. G. Frazer (trans.)1st–2nd century CE Cover of The Making of Homeric Verse: The Collected Papers of Milman Parry The Making of Homeric VerseMilman Parry Adam Parry (ed.)1971 The Making of the IliadM. L. West The Making of the IliadM. L. West 2011 Cover of Medea MedeaEuripides 431 BCE Cover of Medea: Essays on Medea in Myth, Literature, Philosophy, and Art MedeaJames J. Clauss and Sarah Iles Johnston James J. Clauss and Sarah Iles Johnston (eds.)1997 Cover of Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek ReligionJohn Cuthbert Lawson 1910 Cover of Mycenae: Agamemnon's Capital MycenaeElizabeth French 2002 Cover of Myth and Tragedy in Ancient Greece Myth and Tragedy in Ancient GreeceJean-Pierre Vernant and Pierre Vidal-Naquet Janet Lloyd (trans.)1988 Cover of The Myth of Sacred Prostitution in Antiquity The Myth of Sacred Prostitution in AntiquityStephanie Lynn Budin 2008 Nothing to Do with Dionysos? Athenian Drama in Its Social ContextJohn J. Winkler and Froma I. Zeitlin (eds.) Nothing to Do with Dionysos? Athenian Drama in Its Social ContextJohn J. Winkler and Froma I. Zeitlin (eds.) 1990 Cover of The Odes of Pindar The Odes of PindarPindar John Sandys (trans.)5th century BCE Cover of Odysseus Unbound: The Search for Homer's Ithaca Odysseus UnboundRobert Bittlestone 2005 Cover of Oedipus at Colonus Oedipus at ColonusSophocles 401 BCE Cover of Oedipus the King Oedipus the KingSophocles c. 429 BCE Cover of Oedipus: The Ancient Legend and Its Later Analogues OedipusLowell Edmunds 1985 On Heroes (Heroicus)Philostratus On Heroes (Heroicus)Philostratus Jennifer K. Berenson Maclean and Ellen Bradshaw Aitken (trans.)3rd century CE Cover of The Oracles of Zeus: Dodona, Olympia, Ammon The Oracles of ZeusH. W. Parke 1967 Cover of Oracles, Curses, and Risk among the Ancient Greeks Oracles, Curses, and Risk among the Ancient GreeksEsther Eidinow 2007 Cover of The Oresteia The OresteiaAeschylus 458 BCE Cover of Orestes OrestesEuripides 408 BCE Cover of Orpheus in the Middle Ages Orpheus in the Middle AgesJohn Block Friedman 1970 Cover of Orpheus: The Metamorphoses of a Myth OrpheusJohn Warden John Warden (ed.)1982 Cover of Orpheus: The Song of Life OrpheusAnn Wroe 2011 Cover of Pagan Mysteries in the Renaissance Pagan Mysteries in the RenaissanceEdgar Wind 1958 Cover of The Parthenon Enigma The Parthenon EnigmaJoan Breton Connelly 2014 Cover of The Phoenician Women The Phoenician WomenEuripides c. 410 BCE Cover of Poetics PoeticsAristotle S. H. Butcher (trans.)1895 Cover of Prolegomena to Homer Prolegomena to HomerFriedrich August Wolf Anthony Grafton, Glenn W. Most and James E. G. Zetzel (trans.)1795 Cover of Psyche: The Cult of Souls and Belief in Immortality among the Greeks PsycheErwin Rohde W. B. Hillis (trans.)1925 Cover of Python: A Study of Delphic Myth and Its Origins PythonJoseph Fontenrose 1959 Cover of The Raft of Odysseus: The Ethnographic Imagination of Homer's Odyssey The Raft of OdysseusCarol Dougherty 2001 Cover of Reading Greek Tragedy Reading Greek TragedySimon Goldhill 1986 Cover of Restless Dead: Encounters between the Living and the Dead in Ancient Greece Restless DeadSarah Iles Johnston 1999 Cover of The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology The Routledge Handbook of Greek MythologyRobin Hard 2004 The Sacrificial Rituals of Greek Hero-Cults in the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic PeriodsGunnel Ekroth The Sacrificial Rituals of Greek Hero-Cults in the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic PeriodsGunnel Ekroth 2002 Cover of The Sea in the Greek Imagination The Sea in the Greek ImaginationMarie-Claire Beaulieu 2016 Cover of Seven Against Thebes Seven Against ThebesAeschylus 467 BCE Cover of The Singer of Tales The Singer of TalesAlbert B. Lord 1960 Smoke Signals for the GodsF. S. Naiden Smoke Signals for the GodsF. S. Naiden 2013 Cover of Studies in Iconology: Humanistic Themes in the Art of the Renaissance Studies in IconologyErwin Panofsky 1939 Cover of The Survival of the Pagan Gods The Survival of the Pagan GodsJean Seznec Barbara F. Sessions (trans.)1953 Cover of Symposium SymposiumPlato c. 380 BCE ThebesPaul Cartledge ThebesPaul Cartledge 2020 Cover of Thyestes ThyestesSeneca 1st century CE Cover of The Trojan War: A Very Short Introduction The Trojan WarEric H. Cline 2013 Cover of The Trojan Women The Trojan WomenEuripides 415 BCE Cover of The Trojans and Their Neighbours The Trojans and Their NeighboursTrevor Bryce 2006 Cover of Troy and Homer: Towards a Solution of an Old Mystery Troy and HomerJoachim Latacz 2004 Cover of Ulysses Found Ulysses FoundErnle Bradford 1963 The Ulysses ThemeW. B. Stanford The Ulysses ThemeW. B. Stanford 1954 Cover of The Ulysses Voyage The Ulysses VoyageTim Severin 1987 Cover of The World of Odysseus The World of OdysseusM. I. Finley 1954 Cover of Zeus ZeusKen Dowden 2006 Cover of Zeus: A Study in Ancient Religion ZeusArthur Bernard Cook 1914