Includes index.

"Originally published in hardcover by Little, Brown and Company, 1942"--Title page verso.

The Gods, the creation, and the earliest heroes. The Gods ; The two great Gods of Earth ; How the world and mankind were created ; The earliest heroes -- Stories of love and adventure. Cupid and Psyche ; Eight brief tales of lovers ; The quest of the Golden Fleece ; Four great adventures -- The great heroes before the Trojan War. Perseus ; Theseus ; Hercules ; Atalanta -- The heroes of the Trojan War. The Trojan War ; The fall of Troy ; The adventures of Odysseus ; The adventures of Aeneas -- The great families of mythology. The house of Atreus ; The royal house of Thebes ; The royal house of Athens -- The less important myths. Midas -- and others ; Brief myths arranged alphabetically -- The mythology of the Norsemen. Introduction to Norse mythology -- Genealogical tables.

A retelling of Greek, Roman and Norse myths.

Accelerated Reader AR Upper Grades 8.2 20.0 quiz: 8663.

Reading Counts RC High School 8.30 27.0 quiz: 8220.