Contents of Athena and Eden





 PREFACE AND INTRODUCTION
Preface
6
Introduction
13
 
PART I: RECONSTRUCTING THE EAST PEDIMENT
Chapter 1. The Pieces of the Puzzle
15
Chapter 2. The Central Figures—Zeus, Athena, Hephaistos, and Hera
23
 
PART II: THE TRUE IDENTITY OF THE CENTRAL FIGURES
Chapter 3: Athena—the Deified Eve
32
Chapter 4: Zeus—the Transfigured Serpent
41
Chapter 5: Hera—the Primal Eve
52
Chapter 6: Hephaistos—the Deified Cain
63
 
PART III: THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PEDIMENT—THE BACKGROUND OF
ATHENA’S BIRTH
Chapter 7: Nyx—The Darkness out of Which Arose Paradise
70
Chapter 8: The Hesperides—A Picture of Paradise
76
Chapter 9: Atlas Pushes away the Heavens, and with Them, the God of the Heavens
84
Chapter 10: Hermes, the Deified Cush, Connects Eden with the Rebirth of the Serpent’s Eve
89
 
PART IV: THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PEDIMENT—THE POWER AND PROMISE OF ATHENA’S BIRTH
Chapter 11: Helios—The Rising Sun Heralds the Birth of Athena and the New Greek Age
95
Chapter 12: The Immortal Herakles—Nimrod Transplanted to Greek Soil
99
Chapter 13: The Three Fates—Death Turned Back by the Immortal Athena
113
Chapter 14: Nike Amplifies the Victory of Zeus and Athena
116
 
PART V: SUMMARY AND EPILOGUE
Chapter 15: A Summary of the East Pediment
122
Epilogue
132
Art and Image Credits
134
Bibliography
142

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