TABLE OF CONTENTS

目录

前言

Section Ⅰ．“In the Beginning...”

1．Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden

2．Prometheus and Pandora

3．Mami the Creator

4．Adapa and the Joke of the Gods

5．Gilgamesh and the Search for Everlasting Life

Section Ⅱ．The Great Flood

6．Utnapishtim

7．Noah s Ark

8．Deucalion and Pyrrha

9．Yima and Ahura Mazda

Section Ⅲ．Some Famous Births

10．Moses

11．Jesus

12．Oedipus

13．Perseus

14．Athene and Dionysus

15．Hercules

16．King Arthur

Section Ⅳ．Gods and Men Against Monsters

17．Apollo and Python

18．Zeus and Typhon

19．Marduk and Tiamat

20．Perseus and Medusa

21．Oedipus and Sphinx

22．Theseus and the Minotaur

Section Ⅴ．Men Against Giants

23．David and Goliath

24．Odysseus and the Cyclops

25．Beowulf and Grendel

26．Gawain and the Green Knight

27．Jack and the Beanstalk

Section Ⅵ．Men Against Temptresses

28．Odysseus and Circe

29．Hippolytus and Phaedra

30．Joseph and Potiphar s Wife

31．Gawain and the Lady

32．Samson and Delilah

Section Ⅶ．Men Against the Devil

33．The Trials of Job

34．The Temptations of Jesus

35．The Contract That Doctor Faustus Made

36．The Devil and Daniel Webster

Section Ⅷ．The Quest for the Golden Fleece

37．The Coming of the Golden Fleece

38．The Journey to Colchis

39．The Getting of the Fleece

40．The Return to Greece

Section Ⅸ．The Trojan War

41．The Judgment of Paris

42．The Gathering of the Troops at Aulis

43．The Death of Hector

44．The Trojan Horse

45．The Returns to Greece

Section Ⅹ．Moses and the Exodus from Egypt

46．The Ten Plagues

47．The Crossing of the Red Sea

48．The Journey to Mount Sinai

49．The Meeting with God on Mount Sinai

50．The Death of Moses

Notes to the Texts

New Words and Expressions

Personal Names

Place Names