THE DICTIONARY OF GREEK AND LATIN MYTHOLOGY
(Dizionario di Mitologia greca e latina ­ by Anna Ferrari)

Mythology narrates the existence of a reality, parallel to the natural world, and inhabited by divine and fantastic creatures who sometimes show themselves to the eyes of the poets. Mythology is the account of such visions, which interest the whole world and constitute, as it were, its concealed dimension. The Dizionario di Mitologia Greca e Latina is dedicated to these "most beautiful tales" (Plato), which are "related to the truth" (Jung). The 3,500 articles are arranged in alphabetical order, and they narrate the gods, the heroes, the legendary characters, the places, the great cycles, the episodes of classical mythology from the Homeric epos to the Etruscans, from early Rome to the provinces of the Empire. Furthermore, the volume includes the great themes and subjects common to more than one mythological narrative: the feasts, the cults, the rites, the plants and animals, as well as the objects with a role in the various tales. A complete index rounds off a work in which lovers of classical literature and art, psychologists, and philosophers will find a fascinatingly clear and concise summary of mythology.