title: Gods, Heroes and Men of Ancient Greece: Mythology's Great Tales of Valor and Romance
author:  W. H. D. Rouse 
description: <b>W.H.D. Rouse</b> was one of the great 20th century experts on Ancient Greece, and headmaster of the Perse School, Cambridge, England, for 26 years. Under his leadership the school became widely known for the successful teaching of Greek and Latin as spoken languages. He derived his knowledge of the Greeks not only from his wide studies of classical literature, but also by travelling extensively in Greece. He died in 1950.
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   _An Indian Retelling of the Greek Myths_
  
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  Contents
  
  > >  _Dedication_
  
  > > Prologue: The Greek Conquest
  
  > > 1\. Zeus
  
  > > 2\. Minos
  
  > > 3\. Oedipus
  
  > > 4\. Heracles
  
  > > 5\. Jason
  
  > > 6\. Helen
  
  > > 7\. Odysseus
  
  > > 8\. Aeneas
  
  > > Epilogue: The Indian Headshake
  
  > >  _Author’s Note: Shadows and Sunlight_
  
  > >  _Gods of Greek, Roman and Hindu mythologies_
  
  > >  _Bibliography_
  
  > >  _Follow Penguin_
  
  > >  _Copyright_
  
  I dedicate this book to Homer, Hesiod and Socrates,  
  and to Vyasa, Valmiki and Yagnavalkya.  
  Each one saw the world so differently.
  
  Prologue  
  The Greek Conquest
  
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  The soldiers refused to march forward. They had conquered Anatolia,
  Mesopotamia, Levant, Egypt, Persia and Gandhara, and were now camped on the
  banks of the River Indus. They were tired. They wanted to turn back before the
  lands they had captured devoured them.
  