history as a mirror of the cultural history of mankind. Even the early history of men is related to the idea that independent life can be created without sexual reproduction. Stories from Greek mythology [the creation of persons without sexual reproduction, e.g., the generation of Prometheus (Fig. 1.1)] may be considered as early reports representing the idea of creating living creatures from l...

In Greek mythology, Medea betrays her homeland to assist her lover, the adventurer Jason, to obtain the Golden fleece. In exile she bears him two children, but later discovers that Jason plans to marry the King of Corynth’s daughter, so that their future children will become heirs to the throne. Seeking revenge, Medea poisons the bride and slaughters her children, leaving Jason with no chances ...

TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction: The Prehistory of Greek Mythology and Poetics The Indo-European Heritage The “Cyclic” Tradition I. Father Heaven, Heaven’s Daughter, and the Divine Twins The rape of Nemesis Shape-shifting, rape, and corov" Heaven’s Incest Helen and Saran‰y ̈ ei[dolon and sávarn‰a The birth of the Dvine Twins II. Returning heroes The Dioscuri as rescuers Odysseus and the Phaeacian...

On the Cover: In Greek mythology, Ganymede is a young boy and described as the most beautiful of mortals. Zeus, king of the Gods, fell in love with Ganymede's thighs and came down in the form of an eagle to carry Ganymede to Mount Olympus to let him serve as cup-bearer to the gods. The myth of Ganymede has been seen as a symbol of male homoerotic love, or pederasty, the relationship between an ...

This paper concerns two popular myth collections that date from the mid-twentieth century: Edith Hamilton’s Mythology, first published in 1940, and Robert Graves’ The Greek Myths, first published in 1955. The dates of these collections mean that they are close enough to us that they are still considered current: both are still widely read, and are both are still in print, in an interesting vari...

yemeni poet abdul-aziz maqaleh is regarded among the poets who have been influenced by the myths of different nations. meanwhile this poet has used clearly and outstandingly from the greek mythology. although maqaleh has used in the beginning of his poem – like other poets- from the indexical aspect of myths, but he soon became successful to cover his own contemporary experience on the myths. p...

The term ‘‘mentor’’ is derived from the Greek mythology, where, in Odysseus’ absence, Mentor assumed the responsibility of guiding Telemachus until he matured and was able to think and act independently. Mentoring is a ‘‘voluntary, intense, committed, extended, dynamic, interactive, supportive, trusting relationship between two people, one experienced, and the other a newcomer, characterized by...

Chronic pain in the Achilles tendon. Access to the published version may require subscription. PREFACE According to Greek mythology, the legendary warrior Achilles was invulnerable except for his heel. It is written in the Iliad that he died due to an arrow that pierced his Achilles tendon, thus the " Achilles' heel " came to symbolise a person's principal weakness. Nowadays, weakness of the Ac...

The Proteus syndrome was described 1983 . It has asymmetric gigantism of the limbs, verrucous epidermal naevi, cerebriform enlargement of the plantar region, vascular malformations and neoplasms, as lipomas. It received this denomination after Proteus from the Greek mythology, who had the ability to change his form . A 15 year-old boy, reported a congenital hypertrophy with syndactily of the se...