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1、GreekandRomanMythologyAtoZThirdEdiTionMYTHOLOGYATOZAfricanMythologyAtoZCelticMythologyAtoZChineseMythologyAtoZEgyptianMythologyAtoZJapaneseMythologyAtoZGreekandRomanMythologyAtoZNativeAmericanMythologyAtoZNorseMythologyAtoZSouthandMeso-AmericanMythologyAtoZMYTH
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6、lseaHouseontheWorldWideWebathttp://www.chelseahouse.comTextdesignbyLinaFarinellaCoverdesignbyAliciaPostMapsbyPatriciaMeschinoPrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaBangFOF10987654321Thisbookisprintedonacid-freepaper.Contents8IntroductionviiMapoftheGreekWorld,c.1600–3
7、23b.c.xiiMapofRomeandVicinity,c.500–200b.c.xiiiA-to-ZEntries1SelectedBibliography155Index157Introduction8WhaTisMyThology?Fromearliesttimes,humanshavehadaneedtoexplaintheoriginsandwondersoftheworld:themountainsandtheoceans,thechangingseasons,theearthquakesandsto
8、rms,volcanoes,floods,andtheexistenceofanimals,includinghumans.Earlyhumans,ineverycultureonEarth,madeupstoriesaboutthesephenomenaandinventedgodsandsupernaturalbeingstoprovide