The Book of Greek and Roman Folktales, Legends, and MythsWilliam Hansen Princeton University Press, 2019 M10 29 - 584 pages The first anthology to present the entire range of ancient Greek and Roman stories—from myths and fairy tales to jokes |
Contents
Introduction 1 | 1 |
The Kinds of Ancient Story 7 | 7 |
Kings and Princesses | 47 |
The Treasury of Rhampsinitos | 83 |
The Muses Appear to Archilochos | 89 |
Athena Saves the Lindians | 97 |
Contents 11 The Altar of the Vulture God | 98 |
A Fortune in Water | 99 |
Saved by Euripides | 270 |
How Menander Composes His Plays | 272 |
Ovids Worst Lines | 273 |
Athletes | 274 |
The First Marathon | 275 |
The Origin of Nude Athletes | 276 |
The Origin of Nude Trainers | 278 |
Ageus the LongDistance Runner | 279 |
The Rescue of Simonides | 100 |
Lower Mythology | 101 |
Rhoikos and the Nymph | 103 |
The Great God Pan Is Dead | 104 |
Bogies | 105 |
ShapeChangers | 108 |
The Empousa | 110 |
Ghosts | 112 |
Philinnion | 113 |
The Last Princess at Troy | 117 |
The Grateful Dead Man | 118 |
Murder at the Inn | 119 |
Letter from the Middle of the Earth | 120 |
The Haunted House | 121 |
The Haunted Baths | 123 |
The Haunted Battlefield | 124 |
The Hero of Temesa | 125 |
Perianders Wife | 127 |
Early WonderWorkers | 128 |
Aristeas of Prokonnesos | 129 |
Hermotimos of Klazomenai | 131 |
Epimenides of Crete | 132 |
Pherekydes of Syros | 133 |
Pythagoras | 134 |
Transmigration of Souls | 135 |
Pythagoras Discerns a Friends Soul in a Dog | 136 |
Empedokles Recalls His Earlier Lives | 137 |
Magicians and Witches | 138 |
A Woman Dies from Spells | 139 |
The SoulDrawing Wand | 140 |
Apollonios Cures a Plague | 141 |
The Magicians Apprentice | 143 |
Evil Landladies | 144 |
Divination and Seers | 145 |
The Acquisition of the Sibylline Oracles | 146 |
What the Sibyl Wants | 148 |
Cato on Soothsayers | 150 |
Zeus Why Me? | 152 |
Kleonymoss NearDeath Experience | 153 |
Eurynooss NearDeath Experience | 155 |
Jews Christians and Pagans | 156 |
Miracles of Jesus | 157 |
Paul and Barnabas Mistaken for Pagan Gods | 159 |
The Discovery of the True Cross | 160 |
The Last Delphic Oracle | 162 |
You Have Won Galilean | 163 |
The Murder of Hypatia | 165 |
Chapter 3 | 167 |
Capture of a Centaur | 168 |
Sightings of Mermen and Mermaids | 169 |
The SelfSustaining Beast | 170 |
In Love with a Statue | 171 |
Animal Offspring | 175 |
Male Parturition | 176 |
Periodic Ecstasy | 180 |
The Man Who Loses His Laugh | 181 |
A Strange Tomb | 182 |
The Lame Man and the Blind Man | 183 |
Irony | 184 |
A Parents Request | 185 |
The Unbreakable Glass Bowl | 186 |
The Grateful Dolphin | 189 |
How Ophiteia Gets Its Name | 191 |
Xanthipposs Dog | 192 |
The Accidental Killing of a Cat | 193 |
Children | 194 |
The Children Play Priest | 195 |
The Children Play War | 197 |
Friends | 198 |
Friends Unknown | 200 |
Abauchass Choice | 201 |
Rulers and Tyrants | 202 |
Ismeniass Subterfuge | 203 |
Queen for a Day | 204 |
The Absentminded Emperor | 205 |
The Golden Ax | 206 |
The Judge of the Ants | 207 |
Tarpeias Reward | 208 |
The Cranes of Ibykos | 209 |
An Eye for an Eye | 210 |
The Trial of the Courtesan Phryne | 211 |
The Problem of Dreamt Sex | 212 |
The Disputed Child | 214 |
Abusive Son of an Abusive Father | 215 |
Chapter 4 | 216 |
The Dishonest Banker | 217 |
The Joint Depositors | 218 |
Aesop and the Figs | 219 |
Never Heard Before | 221 |
The Slaves Take Over | 222 |
The Milesians Hold a Party | 223 |
Saving Lampsakos | 225 |
A Donkeys Shadow | 226 |
The Hoax | 227 |
Lovers and Seducers | 228 |
The Affair of Ares and Aphrodite | 229 |
Iphimedeia Desires Poseidon | 233 |
Hippolytos and Phaidra | 234 |
1 | 235 |
2 | 236 |
The Signal | 237 |
The Widow of Ephesos | 238 |
Sleeping with a God | 240 |
The Pergamene Boy | 243 |
Aesop and the Masters Wife | 245 |
The Kings Trusted Friend | 247 |
DreamLovers | 251 |
The Astute Physician | 253 |
Hero and Leander | 254 |
Xanthos Who Longs for His Wife | 256 |
Ariston and His Friends Wife | 257 |
Olympians in the Bedroom | 259 |
Chapter 5 | 260 |
Painter Fooled | 261 |
The Sculptor Polykleitos | 262 |
Helens Chalice | 263 |
Lethal Iambics | 264 |
More Lethal Iambics | 265 |
A Singers Compensation | 266 |
Pindars House | 267 |
The Chorus of Aeschyluss Eumenides | 268 |
I See a Weasel | 269 |
Milon the Wrestler | 280 |
Eumastas the Strongman | 281 |
Theageness Statue | 282 |
Poulydamas the Pancratiast | 283 |
Kleomedes Runs Amok | 284 |
Astylos Angers His Hometown | 286 |
The Reluctant Dueler | 287 |
Chapter 6 | 290 |
The Infant Plato on Mt Hymettos | 291 |
Characterizations | 292 |
Timon the Misanthrope | 293 |
The Arrest of Theramenes | 295 |
Socratess Hardihood | 296 |
Socrates Ponders a Problem | 297 |
Delivery | 299 |
What Alexander Sleeps Upon | 300 |
The Lamprey Pools | 302 |
A Principled Man | 303 |
Nero Fiddles | 304 |
Where Would He Be Now? | 306 |
The People of Akragas | 307 |
A Spartan Mother | 308 |
Alexander the Great Becomes a God | 309 |
Delusion | 310 |
MenekratesZeus Writes to King Philip | 311 |
Philip Hosts Menekrates | 312 |
Hannons Birds | 313 |
The House Called Trireme | 314 |
The Happy Shipowner | 315 |
Memorable Words | 316 |
Alter Ego | 317 |
Life Is Like the Olympic Games | 319 |
The Die Is Cast | 320 |
Et tu Brute? | 322 |
In Hoc Signo Vinces | 323 |
Memorable Experiences | 325 |
A Narrow Escape | 326 |
The Great Fish | 327 |
The Discovery of Archimedess Tomb | 328 |
Summing Up and Last Words | 329 |
Socrates | 330 |
Theophrastoss Lament | 331 |
Vespasians Last Words | 332 |
Deaths | 333 |
Aeschylus | 334 |
Euripides | 335 |
Philemon | 336 |
Diogenes the Cynic | 337 |
Zenon | 338 |
Petronius Arbiter | 340 |
Archimedes | 342 |
Sages and Philosophers | 344 |
Thales on Life and Death | 346 |
Secundus the Silent Philosopher | 347 |
Converting to Philosophy | 348 |
Axiothea | 349 |
Benefits and Perils of Philosophy | 350 |
Diogenes on the Benefits of Philosophy | 351 |
Protagorass Books Burned | 352 |
The Philosophic Life | 353 |
Thales and the Olive Presses | 354 |
Aristipposs View | 355 |
Diogenes and the Lantern | 356 |
Alexanders Offer | 357 |
Diogenes on Temple Theft | 358 |
Watch Out | 359 |
Monimos on Wealth | 360 |
Plato Criticizes Diogenes | 361 |
Diogenes on the Impossibility of Motion | 362 |
The Entrance to Platos Classroom | 363 |
The Worst Punishment | 364 |
The Invention of Board Games | 365 |
The Original Language | 366 |
Thales Inscribes a Triangle in a Circle | 367 |
Thales Predicts an Eclipse | 368 |
Eureka | 369 |
Happiness and Contentment | 371 |
The Rock of Tantalos | 373 |
The Sword of Damocles | 374 |
King Midas | 375 |
Wealth and Happiness | 376 |
Water and a Loaf of Bread | 378 |
The Happy Mute | 380 |
On Drinking | 382 |
On Behaving Like Animals | 383 |
The Different Kinds of People | 384 |
Aesopic Fables | 385 |
The Dog with a Piece of Meat | 386 |
The Raven with a Piece of Meat | 387 |
The Ape with Important Ancestors | 388 |
The Ant and the Cicada | 389 |
The Lions Share | 390 |
The Lion and the Mouse | 391 |
The Transformed Weasel | 392 |
The Tortoise That Wishes to Fly | 393 |
The Astronomer | 394 |
Here Is Rhodes | 395 |
The Oak and the Reed | 396 |
Short Fables | 397 |
Chapter 8 | 398 |
Meletides | 399 |
The Foolish Kymaians | 400 |
The Foolish Abderites | 401 |
Other Numskulls | 402 |
Acquiring Sense | 403 |
Seeing the Doctor | 404 |
The Books | 405 |
The Funeral | 406 |
The Grateful Father | 407 |
The Pillow | 408 |
What Does It Taste Like? | 409 |
Caesars Soldiers Sing | 410 |
The Portent | 411 |
The Deaf Judge | 412 |
The Scythian | 413 |
Uncomfortable Sleep | 415 |
Ancient Terms | 421 |
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Ancient Sources | 515 |
List of International Stories | 521 |