Barry B. Powell is Halls-Bascom Professor of Classics Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of Homer and the Origin of the Greek Alphabet; Classical Myth; Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization; and many other books.

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• CONTENTSList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsSpelling, the Pronunciation of Ancient Names, and Map ReferencesMapsGeneral Introduction: Hesiod and His PoemsIntroduction to the TheogonyTheogonyIntroduction to the Works and DaysWorks and DaysIntroducton to The Shield of HeraklesThe Shield of HeraklesBibliographyGlossary / IndexILLUSTRATIONSMaps1. The Mediterranean2. The Aegean Sea3. Central GreeceFigures1. Drunken symposiast and lyre2. Anatolian storm god3. Zeus throwing lightning at Typhon4. A Muse playing the lyre5. The birth of Aphrodite6. Amphitritê stands before Poseidon7. The head of Medusa8. The Chimaira9. The punishment of Atlas and Prometheus10. Hades and Persephone11. Zeus fights Typhon12. Dawn pursues the Trojan prince Tithonos13. Egyptian relief of Maat14. Pandora born from the Earth15. The Cretan princess Ariadnê and Retribution16. A naked plowman17. A winged North Wind (Boreas) rapes Oreithyia 18. A satyr presents a tripod with handles to Dionysos19. The theater and reconstructed columns of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi20. The Lapith Kaineus being destroyed by a centaur21. A centaur tries to carry off Hippodameia22. The Gorgons pursue Perseus23. Zeus parts Athena and AresGenealogical Charts1. The primordial gods2. The children of Earth and Sky3. The off spring of Earth and the blood of Sky and the birth of Aphroditê4. The descendants of Night (Nyx) and Strife (Eris)5. The descendants Earth and Sea6. The descendants of Phorkys and Keto7. Other descendants of Phorkys and Keto8. The children of Okeanos and Tethys9. The descendants of Th eia and Hyperion and Kreios and Eurybia10. The children of Pallas and Styx11. The descendants of Koios and Phoibê12. The children of Kronos and Rhea13. The descendants of Iapetos and Klymenê14. The off spring of Zeus and his many wives15. The descendants of Ares and Aphrodite16. The descendants of Helios and Perseïs17. Other children of Kadmos and Harmonia18. The children of Dawn (Eos)19. The descendants of Kalypso, Circe, and Aiëtes20. The descendants of Perseus and Andromeda