Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology
Carlos Parada

Ein einzigartiges Werk seiner Art. Helden, Götter und Halbgötter sind in der griechischen Mythologie vermischt wie in einem riesigen Knäuel, aber dank der Arbeit des Verfassers und der Anwendung der Computertechnik herrscht nun Ordnung bei ihnen.

Der Leser findet in diesem Buch Angaben über die genealogische Abstammung der mythischen Gestalten (in alphabetischer Ordnung) gemäß den unterschiedlichen Versionen, die in der Antike vorkamen.

Bei dieser Forschung wurden die ursprünglichen Quellen verwendet.

18 Tabellen und 2 Karten erleichtern die Anwendung, die Kodifizierung faßt die mannigfaltigen Informationen übersichtlich zusammen und macht den Gebrauch dieses Bandes bequemer.

Carlos Parada hat uns ein einzigartiges Forschungswerkzeug geboten und hat damit die Lücke ausgefüllt, die bis zum heutigen Tag bestanden hat.

Dieser Band ist Bestandteil der Reihe Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, die Prof. Paul Aström von der Universität Lund gegründet hat.
(Übersetzt aus dem Schwedischen von Marion Hantke.)

Sion M. Honea, "Phoenix", Classical Association of Canada, summer 1995.
"An invaluable aid in achieving a broader view of interrelationships. The volume shows several deft touches of an experienced mythologist providing useful information."

GENEALOGICAL GUIDE TO GREEK MYTHOLOGY. By CARLOS PARADA. Jonsered: Paul Astroms. 1993. Pp. xiv, 225.
EARLY GREEK MYTH: A GUIDE TO LITERARY AND ARTISTIC SOURCES. By TIMOTHY GANTZ. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins. 1993. Pp. xxi, 909.

IT IS A HAPPY COINCIDENCE when two competent books that complement each other so well appear so nearly simultaneously. The books of Parada and Gantz are such an occasion.

Anyone who works regularly with Greek mythology will have compiled a scattering of sources on genealogical matters. Carlos Parada provides a very welcome reference tool to supplant such a desultory method. His Genealogical Guide includes both an index, with thorough citations for each entry, and genealogical tables, an invaluable aid in achieving a broader view of interrelationships. The sources indexed include both Greek and Latin authors, the preponderance being Greek. All the usual and several less usual sources are included, and a text edition is cited for each, the ubiquitous Loeb texts predominating. A deft touch is the inclusion of a chronological table of authors. In fact, the volume shows several such "touches" of an experienced mythologist providing useful ancillary information.

The index itself appears somewhat forbidding and obscure at first sight, replete with cryptic abbreviations and symbols. A short time spent in a thorough reading of the brief guide along with a little practice soon ameliorates the initial impression. The seemingly cryptic quality of the entries is an inevitable result of providing so much information in so little space, and the result far outweighs the disadvantage. By means of this code, the author provides a wide variety of information in an exceedingly compact and direct form, to do with, for example, birth, parents, mates, children, and death, with cross references to other entries, in addition to citations. Persons with the same name receive distinct entries, further clarified by Arabic numeral.

From the genealogical index the author lias extracted several compilations of sublists. Those such as "Divinities," "Places and Peoples," and "Greek and Latin Correspondences," are conventional categories. Others such as "Personifications," "Constellations and Stars," and "Objects" are less so, yet prove to be equally useful.

The genealogical tables are, once again, visually forbidding. They bear the clear indications of computer generation and give more the appearance of electrical diagrams or organizational flow-charts. Several are quite cramped and, despite the author's explanatory ideograms and directional arrows, present an impediment to immediate access. Yet it is difficult to see how the author could well have avoided this density in the charts, given the need to present so large an amount of information on the surface of a single or double page. In subject, most of the tables are organized on geographical principles, although there are other standard headings such as "Achaean Leaders," "Myths of Creation," and "Heraclides." Overall, it is a great benefit to the scholar to have these various tables all brought together into one volume.

Where Parada provides the framework of study, Timothy Gantz fleshes it out in Early Greek Myth [...]

Weste Westeson, Library Service (Bibliotekstjänst), Sweden, June 1994.
Diese Rezension erschien im Juni 1994, vom schwedischen Bibliothekenverband, verantwortlich für den Einkauf der Bücher für alle öffentlichen Büchereien, und wurde verfaßt von Weste Westeson.
"The most notable book about Greek mythology which I have ever seen. A real masterpiece in its kind which will live long."

CARLOS PARADA Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology erschienen im Paul-Aström- Veriag, in der Reihe "Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology".
Großformat (Höhe 30,5 cm)

Dies ist das ungewöhnlichste Buch über griechische Mythologie, dem ich je begegnet bin. Der Hauptteil besteht aus einem alphabetischen Verzeichnis der Gestalten der griechischen Mythologie (annähernd 6.400!) mit kurzer Beschreibung, Angaben über Abstammung, Eltern, Gemahl/Gemahlin, Kinder, Todesursache sowie Literaturquellenangaben. Das Verzeichnis erhebt Anspruch auf Vollständigkeit! Hier finden sich ebenfalls Tabellen über die Argonauten, die Zentauren, Nymphen, Zeus' sämtliche Nachkommen und eine Vielzahl anderer Gruppen. Der nächstgrößte Abschnitt behandelt etwa 1.200 historische Stätten und Volksstämme. Faszinierend sind femer Karten über Achaier und Trojaner sowie die ''Rückzüge" nach dem trojanischen Krieg, ebenso eine Reihe abschließender, ausführlich gestalteter Tafeln im Großformat über die Herrscher der Achaier, Königshäuser mit ihren Abstammungslinien und nicht zuletzt eine großartige Zeittafel, die die Zeitalter in ihrer Zusammenschau präsentiert (mit Angabe der Jahreszahlen), beginnend mit dem Chaos über Gaia bis hin zu dem historischen Tarquinius Superbus.

Dieses Buch ist ein wahres Meisterwerk seiner Art, das noch sehr lange Bestand haben wird. Daß es in englischer Sprache erschienen ist, wird niemanden, der an klassischer Literatur und den alten Mythen interessiert ist, davon abhalten können, sich hinein zu vertiefen, zu ernsthaftem Faktenstudium und lustvollen Entdeckungsreisen.
(Übersetzt aus dem Schwedischen von Marion Hantke.)

Johan Flenberg, "Medusa" No. 1-1994, Publication for Classic Antiquity, Sweden.
Die Rezension erschien in der schwedischen Zeitschrift MEDUSA, einer Zeitschrift über die Antike, 15. Jahrgang, Nr. l, 1994, und wurde verfaßt von Johan Flemberg.
"There are legions of books about Greek mythology, but this one is of an unusual kind. The completeness is impressing; even Roman mythology and early history are included."

CARLOS PARADA Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology (SIMA 107), 262 Seiten, erschienen im Paul-Aström- Verlag, Jonsered, 1993.

Die Zahl der Bücher über griechische Mythologie ist Legio, doch dieses hier ist von außergewöhnlicher Art. Einerseits ist es so gut wie flächendeckend, was die mythologischen Gestalten der Antike anbelangt, und gleichzeitig so angelegt, daß es erstaunlich leicht verständlich ist. Doch handelt es sich ja nicht um etwas, das man in einem Zuge ausliest, sondern um ein Hilfsmittel. Will man z. B. wissen, wie die Zentauren hießen, so findet man hier eine Liste mit ca. 78 Namen. Die fünfzig Danaiden sind ebenso verzeichnet wie die Hunde des Aktaion. Jedem Eintrag folgt eine Quellenangabe, was von großem Nutzen ist.

Der längste Teil (Genealogical Guide) umfaßt 185 Seiten; kleingedruckte Abschnitte und vierspaltige Seiten bieten Platz für vieles. Obwohl in englischer Sprache geschrieben, wird jeder Name ebenfalls in griechisch angegeben. Der Verfasser hat philologische Sachverständige hinzugezogen, und Fehler sind bedeutungslos. Anhand einer Reihe einfacher Symbole werden für jeden einzelnen Abstammung, Partner, Nachkommen und Todesursache angegeben. Die Beschreibungen sind kurz gefaßt, Bilder kommen nicht vor, doch ist die Vollständigkeit beeindruckend, sogar römische Mythologie und Frühgeschichte finden Eingang. Außerdem kommen zahlreiche Gestalten zweimal vor, einmal als Einzeleintrag und zum anderen innerhalb einer bestimmten Gruppe, z. B. die Giganten oder die Trojaner (die allesamt verzeichnet sind). Voneinander abweichende Überlieferungen, die häufig vorkommen, sind ebenfalls angegeben.

Die übrigen Listen umfassen Gottheiten, Verkörperungen, Sternbilder, Gegenstände (z. B. der Bogen des Odysseus), historische Stätten und Völker (sowohl Hades als auch Elysium sind verzeichnet!), sowie Autoren und Werke. Das Ganze schließt ab mit einer Reihe von Tabellen und zwei Karten. Die Tabellen geben in graphischer Form Überblicke über die wichtigsten Geschlechter, einschließlich der Göttergeschlechter. Will man z. B. wissen, wie sich die Argonauten zeitlich zum Trojanischen Krieg verhalten, kann man in der großen Tabelle "Contemporaries" nachsehen, einer chronologischen Aufstellung wichtiger Namen und Ereignisse, vom Chaos bis hin zu Tarquinius Superbus, mit Angabe der Jahreszahlen. Die Tabellen sind recht kompliziert, und es ist schwierig, deren Verwendbarkeit direkt zu beurteilen; jedoch sind alle Namen ebenfalls in der genealogischen Liste verzeichnet. Die eine der beiden Karten zeigt die Herkunft der Achaier und Trojaner sowie ihrer Verbündeten, die andere die Rückzüge der homerischen Helden (nostoi).

In allen wesentlichen Teilen wirkt dieser originelle Reiseführer in die Welt der Mythen zuverlässig und mit Sicherheit sehr brauchbar, z. B. bei der Lektüre griechischer Tragödien. Man findet schnell Aufschluß darüber, welche Bedeutung hinter einem Namen steckt und was die wichtigste Quelle ist. Daß die Epitheta der Gottheiten fehlen, muß akzeptiert werden, da die Genealogie im Vordergrund steht; eine Vollständigkeit in diesem Punkt würde vorausgesetzt haben, daß die Inschriften im Quellenmaterial enthalten sind. Doch hätte man gerne etwas über die Auswahl der Texte gewußt, warum fehlt z. B. Propertius? Zwei kleinere Anmerkungen sind anzubringen: für die Gestalten der römischen Mythologie wird die griechische Namensform nicht angegeben, auch dann nicht, wenn die Quelle griechisch ist, so z. B. für Romus. Das Literaturverzeichnis kann den Eindruck erwecken, daß gewisse fragmentarisch bewahrt gebliebene Werke, wie das Epos Cypria, vollständig erhalten sind.
(Übersetzt aus dem Schwedischen von Marion Hantke)

A reader's review at Amazon
"This book is verily a jewel !" — Reviewer from Denmark, May 28, 2002.

This book is a dictionary taking a genealogical approach to Greek Mythology. This means, that it is concerned with how the various Gods, creatures and men are related to each other. This is structured and explained through a large and detailed dictionary along with numerous visual family trees. Each entry in the dictionary contains the name (mostly in both its English and Greek form), a small description, the family ties (parents, men/wife(s), children), as well as stating places in the body of classical literature where the person appears. The book is very valuable both for quick reference and for more lengthy studies of family ties.

It is perhaps not the first book you should buy about Greek Mythology, since it does not hold in length retellings of the Greek myths. It is, however, definitely the book you should buy as soon as you are ready for a both general and detailed overview of the characters and the literature of Greek Mythology.

Contents

Key to the Genealogical Guide

Abbreviations

List of Groups

Genealogical Guide (+ 6000 entries)

Divinities

Personifications

Constellations & Stars

Objects

Conditions to take Troy

Greek-Latin correspondences

Places & Peoples (geographical reference)

Authors and Works

Key to the Tables

Index to the Tables

Tables:

Achaean Leaders

Achaeans & Ionians

Arcadia

Argos

Athens

Contemporaries

Corinth

De Natura Deorum

Elis

Heraclides

Kingdoms & Ancestors

Messenia

Mycenae

Myths of Creation

Sicyon

Sparta

Thebes

Theogony

Troezen

Troy (and Latium)

Maps:

Achaeans & Trojans

The Returns

Bibliography

Preface

The relevance of genealogy in the Greek myths may be seen from at least two angles: it often suggests the individual fate of the characters, and at the same time it builds a consistent network that tends both to explain and keep together the mythological body.

This book is meant to be a supportive guide and catalogue by making available to the reader of the Greek myths the genealogical data, in their various versions, without distracting his attention by leading him through a text containing much of the material he is already reading elsewhere.

The genealogical material, concerning more than 6000 mythological characters, has been organised in a coded way which should make retrieval easier than explanatory prose. It will be also noted that each piece of information is connected to its particular source by the use of the same codes.

Almost half of the entries have been rearranged in groups which provide comprehensive lists and allow cross-reference, but also might help the reader to achieve a general view of the mythological material.

Almost every mythological character mentioned in the sources which support this book has an individual entry. I have also worked out a numbering of namesakes, consistent through the whole book, to make identification easier.

All information is taken from and refers to the original sources. This applies even to Descriptions and Death accounts, which often are presented as the authors expressed them. Even though sometimes I have referred to the anecdotes in some detail, the emphasis has been put on relationships and connections.

Most tables provide information concerning both genealogy and throne succession except the following: the table "Theogony" is a graphical representation of the genealogical information contained in Hesiod's Theogony. The table "Contemporaries" is an attempt to place individuals and events in time, and the table "Myths of Creation" compares different cosmogonies. "Kingdoms and Ancestors" combines some aspects of throne succession, genealogy and chronology, and "Achaean Leaders" shows the family links among these.

The collaboration of Professor Jerker Blomqvist, who also encouraged me at an early stage of this work, has made it possible to include in this Guide the names of the characters in their original Greek script. I have received technical assistance from Vassilios Sabatakakis, teacher in Modern Greek at the Department of Classical Studies, University of Lund, and from Aster Börjesson and Kjell Eriksson from the Department of Sociology of Law. The criticism and assistance of my wife, Mai Parada, has been of paramount importance for this work. I thank them all for their cooperation.

Carlos Parada
Lund, 1992

Note about the Greek names

All Greek names are lemmatized in their traditional English (Latinized) form but, for the benefit of those familiar with the language, the original name has normally been added in Greek script. When two or more orthographic variants of a Greek name occur in the ancient texts, only one of them appears here; readers with knowledge of Greek will presumably be able to identify aberrant spellings without much difficulty. Dialect forms have been used of those names that are unusual and are attested only in dialect texts; in other cases a standardized Greek form has been given. Full consistency has not been aimed at in these matters.

Jerker Blomqvist
Professor of Greek Language and Literature
University of Lund

Description

The book is meant to be a supportive guide and catalogue by making available to the reader of the Greek myths the genealogical data in their various versions.

The genealogical material, comprising 6380 entries, has been organised in a coded way which should make retrieval easier than explanatory prose. Each piece of information is connected to its particular source by the use of the same codes.

Almost half of the entries have been rearranged in groups (about 130) which provide comprehensive lists and allow cross-references (groups are, for example, ARGONAUTS, AMAZONS, BESTIARY, METAMORPHOSES, NYMPHS, SUITORS OF HELEN, etc.). Almost every mythological character mentioned in the sources has an individual entry.

Namesakes are numbered consistently through the whole book to make identification easier.

Anecdotes are referred to with some detail, but the emphasis has been put on relationships and connections.

All the information is taken from the original sources (included).

The names of the characters are also written in their original Greek script.

The chapter 'Peoples & Places' comprises more than 1100 entries.

Most of the 18 tables provide information concerning both genealogy and throne succession except the following: the table 'Theogony' is a graphical representation of the genealogical information contained in Hesiod's 'Theogony'. The table 'Contemporaries' is an attempt at placing individuals and events in time, and 'Myths of Creation' compares different cosmogonies. 'Kingdoms and Ancestors' combines some aspects of throne succession, genealogy and chronology, and 'Achaean Leaders' shows the family links among these.

The two maps are related to the Trojan War. 

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Features

• All text is clickable offering options for performing various kinds of search, instantly leading you to the chosen entry.
• More than 200 illustrations from all times can be viewed both individually or as a slideshow.
• No time to learn the program's functions: help is instantly provided. Just move the cursor over any object and a text will appear explaining its function.
• The chapter Genealogical Guide includes 6460 entries of mythological characters. Reach any character's entry by clicking at its name in another part of the text, through clicking at the button 'Entry' or by looking it up in a complete Index. Namesakes have been numbered consistently to avoid the well-known confusion around characters with the same name: no difficulties in distinguishing, for example, 12 different Eurydices.
• The material has been rearranged in more than 130 Groups (collective entries). Compare, for example, different lists of the ARGONAUTS, investigate all those that turned into something else (METAMORPHOSES), read the names of the AMAZONS, TITANS, GIANTS, NYMPHS, etc., or examine all animals, monsters or unusual creatures in the BESTIARY.
• Examine all Divinities, classified by kind, and keep track of all immortals, gods as well as semigods and heroes.
• Examine ABSTRACTIONS, NATURAL PHENOMENA, or Personified ideas.
• In chapter Constellations learn about the origin of the stars (searchable by Latin or English name), following the different versions given by several classical authors.
• Follow the history and nature of famous mythological Objects, such as Ambrosia, the Wooden Horse, the Bow of Odysseus, or less well-known as Zeus' umbilical cord.
• Read a synopsis of important mythological milestones in chapter Events, such as 'Castration of Uranus', 'The Ages of Man', or 'The Flood'.
• Read the Throne Succession in 13 mythological kingdoms of Greece and Italy, and distinguish the different families and dynasties with the help of a symbol. See how a few families stand at the base of everything, and find easily their respective ancestor.
• Look, in chapter Places & Peoples (geographical reference), for the name of a site or race and watch its location in a map of the Greek world, Italy or the Middle-East (1191 entries).
• Six Tables show some mythological aspects in a graphic way. For example: all the genealogical information given by Hesiod in his work Theogony is included in one graphic table, allowing the user to follow the process of creation, as described by Hesiod, in an easy way. Compare graphically several 'Myths of Creation'. Watch, for the first time, in table 'Contemporaries', the chronological relation among several important events and individuals from the dawn of time to the foundation of Rome. The table 'Kingdoms and Ancestors' combines aspects of chronology and throne succession in 26 kingdoms, relating to the three main families and dynasties from whom almost everyone descends. The Tables are all clickable and a clickable 'Index to the Tables' takes you instantly to the chosen person in the selected table.
• Two clickable Maps (including many homeric sites) describe the kingdoms of those who fought in Troy and their return from the war.
• For the benefit of those familiar with the language the names have been also written in Greek script.
• A most complete list of Greek-Latin name correspondences is provided, as the Roman extension of the Greek myths has been included.
• Complete bibliography with dates for Authors & Works including modern editions. A graphic table shows all authors in chronological relation to each other.
• Sources: through the use of codes each piece of information is related to a particular author. The meaning of any source abbreviation (author and work) is obtained instantly by clicking at it. Excellent tool for researchers.
• Notes: Copy any entry as you see it on the screen for pasting anywhere else (for example, your word-processor), or write and save your own notes in the Notes page.
• Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology is an invaluable aid for anyone interested in the Greek Myths and an excellent reference tool for researchers.

 Preface (CD-ROM)

There are few differences between this electronic version of Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology and the original book from 1993, although some corrections have been made and several authors and works have been added, thus increasing the number of entries and references.

The geographical section (chapter Places & Peoples) has been supplemented with maps showing the position of the searched site or people in the Greek world, Middle East or Italy.

The original section referring to the 'Conditions to take Troy' has been included in a larger chapter here called Events.

The genealogical tables that in the print version referred to houses or royal families have been reorganized into the chapter here named Throne Succession. The tables not referring to royal families, as well as the maps, have been preserved exactly as they were in the book, except that in this version the names in tables and maps are clickable and searchable.

This electronic version is illustrated (if you are running GGGM illustrated). To view the images click at the vessel to go to the main page of chapter Genealogical Guide and then click at the button Pict. To avoid colour distortions in the background the monitor should be set at thousands of colours.

I am grateful to Valéria Perez de Sá, Doris Gonçalves, Bodil Brandoné and Per-Erik Bengtsson for helping me with the technical equipment, to Hesham Bahari for providing parts of it, to Ann-Margret Olsson for technical advice and to Tore Eriksson for testing the program.

Both print and electronic version are dedicated to my wife and life companion, Mai Parada. This version is also dedicated to the memory of my mother, Irma Angela Parada Panés, who passed away in Montevideo (Uruguay) the 24th of June 1996.

Carlos Parada
Lund, 1996.