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London : Folio Society, 2003. Facsimile Edition, 15th printing. Hardcover. Fine set bound in quarter buckram over print decorated boards with a gilt label to the spine; includes an equally fine slip-case. Remains well preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; two volumes ; 700 p. ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Vol I: The Pelasgian creation myth -- The Homeric and Orphic creation myths -- The Olympian creation myth -- Two philosophical creation myths -- The five ages of man -- The castration of Uranus -- The dethronement of Cronus -- The birth of Athene -- Zeus and Metis -- The fates -- The birth of Aphrodite -- Hera and her children -- Zeus and Hera -- Births of Hermes, Apollo, Artemis, and Dionysus -- The birth of Ero's -- Poseidon's nature and deeds -- Herme's nature and deeds -- Aphrodite's nature and deeds -- Ares's nature and deeds -- Hestia's nature and deeds -- Apollo's nature and deeds -- Artemis's nature and… Read More

London : Folio Society, 2009. Folio Society Edition, Seventh Printing. Hardcover. Fine set bound in quarter cloth over pictorial decorated cloth boards with a gilt-title to the spine. Remains well preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-corerned. Physical description; two volumes paged continuously: 700 p. ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Vol I: The Pelasgian creation myth -- The Homeric and Orphic creation myths -- The Olympian creation myth -- Two philosophical creation myths -- The five ages of man -- The castration of Uranus -- The dethronement of Cronus -- The birth of Athene -- Zeus and Metis -- The fates -- The birth of Aphrodite -- Hera and her children -- Zeus and Hera -- Births of Hermes, Apollo, Artemis, and Dionysus -- The birth of Ero's -- Poseidon's nature and deeds -- Herme's nature and deeds -- Aphrodite's nature and deeds -- Ares's nature and deeds -- Hestia's nature and deeds -- Apollo's nature and deeds -- Artemis's nature and deeds… Read More