Reading Notes to Powell's Classical Mythology (version whatever)
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Table of Contents
| 1. | The Nature of Myth | Chapters 1, 2, and 3 |
| 2. | Myths of Creation | Chapter 4 |
| 3. | Origins of Humankind | Chapter 5 |
| 4. | Myths of the Olympian Gods I | Chapter 6 |
| 5. | Myths of the Olympian Gods II | Chapters 7 and 8 |
| 6. | Demeter and the Eleusinian Mysteries | Chapters 9 and 11 |
| 7. | Dionysus and the Bacchic Mysteries | Chapter 10 |
| 8. | Legends of Heracles | Chapters 12 and 14 |
| 9. | Legends of Athens and Crete | Chapters 15 and 16 |
| 10. | Legends of Mycenae and Iolcus | Chapters 13 and 18 |
| 11. | Legends of Thebes | Chapter 17 |
| 12. | The Trojan War | Chapters 19 and 20 |
| 13. | The Odyssey and the Returns | Chapter 21 |
| 14. | Roman Legends | |
| 15. | Guide to Euripides's Hippolytus | |
| 16. | Guide to Sophocles's Oedipus the King | |
| 17. | Scorecard for the Olympian Deities | |
| 18. | Scorecard for the Trojan War |
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