《希腊罗马神话欣赏》的编写对象为英语专业学生以及英语达到中级水平且对希腊罗马神话有浓厚兴趣者．教材以精选并按一定系统编排的神话故事为主题，同时兼顾其对西方艺术、文学的影响，以及使用者语言学习的需要。教材正文共分三部分：奥林匹斯山众神及其他神祇、爱情及历险故事、特洛伊战争及其后事，基本涵盖了希腊罗马神话中最为著名的故事及其神、神人以及英雄三个时代。另外，该教材还编排了神话经典选读和附录。

Part One The Olympian Gods and Other Deities

Introduction to Port One

 1. The Olympian Gods

 2. Zeus' Consorts and Some of Their Tribulations

 3. Artemis and Actaeon

 4. The Creation and Recreation of Man

 5. Athena

 6. Dionysus

 7. Midas

 8. Persephone

 9. Hades and the Underworld

 10. Other Deities

Part Two Stories of Love and Adventure

Introduction to Part Two: Stories of Love

 11. Atalanta

 12. Apollo and Daphne

 13. Cupid and Psyche

 14. Venus and Adonis

 15. Pyramus and Thisbe

 16. Echo and Narcissus

 17. Pygmalion

Introduction to Part Two: Stories of Adventure

 18. Perseus and Medusa

 19. Jason and the Golden Fleece

 20. The Twelve Labors of Heracles

 21. Cadmus

 22. Oedipus Rex

 23. Theseus

Part Three The Trojan War and Thereafter

Introduction to Part Three

 24. The Trojan War

 25. Agamemnon

 26. The Story of Odysseus

 27. The Story of Aeneas (Ⅰ)

 28. The Story of Aeneas (Ⅱ)

Part Four Selected Readings in Mythological Classics

 1. Ovid Metamorphoses

 2. Homer The Iliad

The Odyssey

 3. Virgil The Aeneid

 4. Aeschylus Agamemnon

 5. Sophocles Oedipus the King

 6. Euripides Medea

The Trojan Women

Appendices

 1. Names and Roles of Greek and Roman Gods

 2. The Family of Helen of Troy

 3. The House of Troy

 4. Maps

 5. A Pronouncing Glossary of Mythological Names and Allusions

 6. A Selected List of Western Works with Greco-Roman Mythological Relevance

Bibliography