《新編希臘羅馬神話欣賞（修訂版）》的目標讀者仍為英語專業學生以及英語達到中級水平且對希臘羅馬神話有濃厚興趣的所有人。教材以精選並按一定體繫編排的神話故事為主，同時兼顧其對西方藝術、文學的影響以及使用者語言學習的需要。教材正文共分三部分：The Olympian Gods and Other Deities（奧林普斯山眾神及其他神祗）、Stories of Love and Adventure（愛情及歷險故事）、TheTrojan War and Thereafter（特洛伊戰爭及其後事），基本涵蓋了希臘羅馬神話中的故事和神、神人以及英雄三個時代。

Part One The Olympian Gods and Other Deities
Introduction to Part One： The Olympian Gods and Other Deities
1． The Olympian Gods
Cultural Connections： Pantheon
2． The Nature of Zeus
Cultural Connections： Astral Mythology
3． Artemis and Actaeon
Cultural Connections： The Sleep of Endymion
4． The Creation and Recreation of Man
Cultural Connections： The Hellenistic Civilization
5． Athena
Cultural Connections： Parthenon
6． Dionysus
Cultural Connections： Dionysus in Art
7． Midas
Cultural Connections： Poussin's Midas and Bacchus
8． Persephone
Cultural Connections： The Eleusinian Mysteries
9． Hades and the Underworld
Cultural Connections： Katabasis （Descent into the Underworld）
10． Other Deities
Cultural Connections： The Best-known Picture in America

Part Two Stories of Love and Adventure
Introduction to Part Two： Stories of Love
11． Atalanta
Cultural Connections： Atalanta and Hippomenes
12． Apollo and Daphne
Cultural Connections： Bernini's Apollo and Daphne
13． Cupid and Psyche
Cultural Connections： Psyche and Butterfly
14． Venus and Adonis
Cultural Connections： Adonis Belt （Complex， Index， etc．）
15． Pyramus and Thisbe
Cultural Connections： The Pyramus and Thisbe Club
16． Echo and Narcissus
Cultural Connections： Narcissistic Personality Disorder （NPD）
17． Pygmalion
Cultural Connections： The Pygmalion and the Galatea Effect
Introduction to Part Two： Stories of Adventure
18． Perseus and Medusa
Cultural Connections： A Chimera in the Greeks' Brain
19． Jason and the Golden Fleece
Cultural Connections： The Medea Complex/Syndrome
20． The Twelve Labors of Heracles
Cultural Connections： Heracles in Action
21． Cadmus
Culfural Connections： Hubris and Nemesis
22． Oedipus Rex
Cultural Connections： Moreau's Oedipus and the Sphinx
23． Theseus
Cultural Connections： Ariadne's Thread and the Ship of Theseus

Part Three The Trojan War and Thereafter
Introduction to Part Three： The Trojan War and Thereafter
24． The Trojan War
Cultural Connections： Spin-offs of the Trojan War
25． Agamemnon
Cultural Connections： "I have gazed upon the face of Agamemnon"
26． The Story of Odysseus
Cultural Connections： The Afterlife of Odysseus
27． The Story of Aeneas （I）
Cultural Cnnections： Literature as Propaganda
28． The Story of Aeneas （II）
Cultural Connections： "I found Rome a city of brick， but left it a city of marble"

Part Four Selected Readings in Mythological Classics
Hesiod
Theogony
Ovid
Metamorphoses
Homer
Iliad
Odyssey
Virgil
Aeneid
Aeschylus
Agamemnon
Sophocles
Oedipus the King
Euripides
Medea
Trojan Women

Appendix
A Pronouncing Glossary of Mythological Names and Allusions
Bibliography

《新編希臘羅馬神話欣賞（修訂版）》：
Agamemnon eventually agreed to do as he was told， but in order to reassert his authority over Achilles in the most insulting way he could， and simultaneously compensate himself for the loss of Chryseis （whom he claimed to prefer to his own wife Clytemnestra）， he took away from Achilles his slave—girl， Briseis.Achilles was justifiably enraged.Not only was it an insult to his honor， but it was grossly unfair， as he， Achilles， had done most of the fighting necessary to procure all the treasure and booty that Agamemnon felt he had a right to enjoy.Accordingly， Achilles withdrew to his tent， and took no more part in the fighting or the council meetings.The fighting grew fiercer， with more direct attacks made on Troy and the Trojans.But the Greeks were hard pressed without their greatest fighter， and even Agamemnon was eventually forced to make overtures to Achilles， offering him riches of all description， along with the return of Briseis.Achilles， however， rejected all appeals， declaring that even if Agamemnon's gifts were "as many as the grains of sand or the particles of dust" he would never be won over.
A Surprise Attack upon the Trojans at Night
13 At this point， Odysseus and Diomedes went out on a night expedition to see what the Trojans were up to.Unknown to them， a Trojan named Dolon was setting out on a similar errand： the Greeks surprised him， and forced him to tell them the dispositions of the Trojan camp.On his recommendation they ended their night excursion with an attack on the encampment of Rhesus， king of Thrace， with whose beautiful horses they escaped back to the Greek camp.
The Death of Patroclus and Achilles's Revenge
14 Despite the success of this daring raid， in the overall fighting the Greeks were being driven back to their ships by the Trojans and were in desperate straits， when Achilles's friend Patroclus came to him and begged to be allowed to lead Achilles's troops， the Myrmidons， into battle.
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