A Genealogical Chart of Greek Mythology

This unique work is the first comprehensive genealogical chart of virtually all of the named figures of Greek mythology that can be shown to be related. The product of more than 35 years of research the book includes a 72-page continuous chart that links 3 673 named figures into a single “family tree” spanning 20 generations and an 80-page index that provides a citation to an authoritative ancient source for each relationship. The genealogy begins with Chaos and–based on works by Hesiod Homer Aeschylus Pindar Bacchylides Herodotus Euripides Apollodorus Pausanias Diodorus Siculus and scores of other ancient poets playwrights and writers–continues down through the Titans the gods legendary kings and such well-known figures of literature as Odysseus Jason Antigone and Helen of Troy as well as hundreds of obscure figures including their spouses paramours children and descendants. The chart shows all of the known relationships–parental marital and extramarital–of each figure. In addition to furnishing a citation for each relationship the index provides brief descriptive information and indicates the quadrant and page of the continuous chart where the relationship is depicted. A two-page master chart illustrates the relationships among the principal figures.