Mythical monsters in classical literature / / Paul Murgatroyd.

• Author: Murgatroyd, Paul.
• Place / Publishing House: London : : Bloomsbury,, 2013.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (211 pages) :; illustrations

Table of Contents

• List of illustrations
• Preface
• Introduction
• 1. Vampires, werewolves and the living dead
• Furies, Keres, Empusa and strix
• Werewolves
• The living dead
• Appendix : Non-mythical monsters
• 2. Impact
• 3. Laocoon and the sea-snakes
• 4. Sirens
• In Homer's Odyssey
• In Apollonius of Rhodes' Voyage of Argo
• In other classical authors
• In medieval, Renaissance and later authors
• 5. Other winged monsters
• The Stymphalian birds
• Griffins
• The sphinx
• Harpies
• 6. A monster-slayer : Theseus' early life and conquests
• The Minotaur
• The Calydonian boar
• The centaurs
• Theseus' end
• 7. A good monster : Chiron
• 8. Metamorphosed monsters
• Medusa
• Scylla
• 9. Jason and the Argonauts
• Talos
• The hydra
• The earthborn men
• 10. Fighting with monsters (1)
• The second labour of Heracles : the Hydra of Lerna
• Plot analysis : functions and stages
• Filling out the story
• The tenth labour of Heracles : Geryon and Cacus
• 11. Fighting with monsters (2)
• Typhos
• Perseus, Andromeda and the sea-monster
• Perseus and Medusa
• 12. Polyphemus : Odysseus and Polyphemus
• Polymphemus and Galatea
• Appendix : Other gigantic monsters
• Notes
• Select bibliography
• Index of monsters.