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Text copyright © 2011 Donna Jo Napoli
Illustrations copyright © 2011 Christina Balit
Compilation copyright © 2011 National Geographic Society
National Geographic Society would like to thank Rosaria Munson, professor of classics at Swarthmore College, for her thoughtful review throughout the process of creating this book. In addition, the Society would like to thank Deborah Roberts, professor of classics and comparative literature at Haverford College, for her generous assistance with resources for this title. The publisher gratefully acknowledges Frances Lincoln, Ltd., for their kindness in licensing several previously published pieces of artwork by Christina Balit.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4263-1191-8
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4263-0844-4
Hardcover Library Binding ISBN: 978-1-4263-0845-1
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Napoli, Donna Jo, 1948-
Treasury of Greek mythology : classic stories of gods, goddesses, heroes & monsters / by Donna Jo Napoli; illustrated by Christina Balit.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4263-0844-4 (hardcover : alk. paper) – ISBN 978-1-4263-0845-1 (library binding : alk. paper)
1. Mythology, Greek–Juvenile literature. I. Balit, Christina. II. Title.
BL783.N365 2011
398.20938–dc23
2011024327
Photo Credits
All artwork by Christina Balit unless otherwise noted below:
1, keren-seg/ Shutterstock; 2, Byron W.Moore/ Shutterstock; 3, jaimaa/ Shutterstock; 4, stoyanh/ Shutterstock; 5, Christina Balit; 6, Araldo de Luca/ Corbis; 7, Murat Taner/ Getty Images; 8, Photolibrary.com; 9, Erich Lessing/ Art Resource, NY; 10, Hunor Focze/ Shutterstock; 11, Arte & Immagini srl/ Corbis; 12, Stapleton Collection/ Corbis; 13, Jose AS Reyes/ Shutterstock; 14, The Bridgeman Art Library/ Getty Images; 15, Kevin Carden/ Shutterstock; 16, PoodlesRock/ Corbis; 17, Sandro Vannini/ Corbis; 18, Igor Kovalchuk/ Shutterstock; 19, NASA 20, Christopher Boswell/ Shutterstock; 21, Bettmann/ Corbis;