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Links to World Mythology

Mythology on the Web - This site's purpose is to provide a single place where the stories and information about world mythology can be found.

The Encyclopedia Mythica

Classical History and Antiquity

Greek Mythology

Mythology and Folklore

Western Mythology

Mythology Links

Classical Myth - the Ancient Sources - Ancient art and authors depicting the Olympian gods.

Perseus Project Home Page - The biggest source for ancient art and text on the Web. Endlessly useful, though a bit overwhelming!

Apollodorus Summary - Frazer's summary of Apollodorus' Library, with links to Apollodorus' text. Useful for a quick search of Apollodorus.

Bulfinch's Mythology, The Age of Fable - text and comments on Bulfinch's classic.

Greek Mythology - discussion of Greek vs. Roman characteristics, a glossary of names, and family trees

Arts and Mythology

MYTHMEDIA - Mythology in Western Art (Haifa) - Images in Western art of characters from Greek and Roman myth

Art and Mythology

Specific topics

The Trojan War

Images of the Trojan War Myth The Trojan War in vase paintings from the Perseus collection.

Hercules

Hercules: Greece's Greatest Hero (Perseus) - An illustrated overview of the Hercules myths

Heracles in Ancient Art - Links to vase paintings in Perseus the adventures of Hercules.

Ovid

Ovid's Metamorphoses - warning: VERY long file, from a gopher server.

U of T Classics: Synopsis of Ovid's Metamorphoses - in Victorian prose, useful for quick searches.

Ovid's Metamorphoses - also from U of T, a collection of web resources on the poet Ovid.

Sean Redmond -- Recent Ovidian Bibliography - Sean Redmond's Ovid project, connected with his PhD research. Includes an Ovid discussion group.

The Ovid Project - Digitized images of seventeenth-century illustrations of the Metamorphoses, based on the rare books collection of the University of Vermont.

Other cultures

Myths and Legends - collection of myths and folktales from many cultures

Tales of Wonder: Folk and Fairy Tales

Encyclopedia Mythica - a cross-cultural collection of myths

The Trojan War

Hercules

Ovid

Other cultures

And a couple of maps and tables-

The Greek Mediterranean

Mainland Greece

The Return of the Greek leader from the Trojan War

Myths of Creation-Table (by Carlos Parada)

Hesiod's Genealogies-a series of tables (by Laurel Bowman)