The most complete and detailed reference book of its kind. It offers scholarly accounts of all those half-remembered mythological tales surrounding fantastic gods such as Apollo, Zeus, Athena and Dionysus, and mortals such as Achilles, Odysseus, Jason, Aeneas, Romulus and Remus, and Tarquin, providing: * extensive entries covering Greek and Roman characters; * Detailed biographical info on each character, including alternate forms these characters have assumed * Complete historical and geographical context of each entry *... accessible and easy to use A-Z layout * Comprehensive genealogical trees of the most important mythological families * Detailed list of all the Greek and Latin writers referred to in the text.