Mythology: Greek Gods, Heroes, & Monsters

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Mythology: The Gods, Heroes, and Monsters of Ancient Greece is a children's book created and published by the Templar Company plc in the UK and published by the Candlewick Press in America 2005. It is a series of several books that include Wizardology: The Secrets of Merlin, Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons, Piratology: A Pirate Hunter's Companion, and Egyptology: Search for the Tomb of Osiris. The book Monsterology will be available in August 2008. This book is written by Dugald A. Steer, under the pen name "Lady Hestia Evans." This book is filled with letters, pictures of Greek monuments and stories to go along with them, a minibook, featuring the basics of the ancient Greek language, a genealogical table of the monsters, gods, and heroes of ancient Greece, and a map of ancient Greece, as well as individual profiles of the most important characters in Greek mythology.

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  • Chapter I: An Introduction to Greek Mythology
  • Chapter II: The Creation of the Gods
  • Chapter III: Monsters and Mythical Beasts
  • Chapter IV: The Origins of Mankind
  • Chapter V: Zeus and Hera, Rulers of the Gods
  • Chapter VI: Poseidon and the Sea
  • Chapter VII: Hades and the Underworld
  • Chapter VIII: Ares, Aphrodite, and Hephaestus
  • Chapter IX: Apollo, Hermes, and Dionysus
  • Chapter X: Athena, Artemis, and Hestia
  • Chapter XI: Heracles and the Greek Heroes
  • Chapter XII: The War Against Troy