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The World of Classical Myth:

Gods and Goddesses, Heroines and Heroes
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Carolina Academic Press, 1994 - Social Science - 366 pages

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Contents

Orientation
1
Transmutations
17
A Goddess for the Age of Zeus
49
Copyright

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TitleThe World of Classical Myth: Gods and Goddesses, Heroines and Heroes
AuthorsCarl A. P. Ruck, Danny Staples
Editionillustrated
PublisherCarolina Academic Press, 1994
Original fromPennsylvania State University
Digitized29 Jun 2009
ISBN0890895759, 9780890895757
Length366 pages
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Literary Criticism / General
Religion / Antiquities & Archaeology
Social Science / Folklore & Mythology
  
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