Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome
Published on 22. May 2014
237 pages
978-1-63355-233-3 (ISBN)
Description
The author sets before the reader a lifelike picture of the deities of classical times as they were conceived and worshipped by the ancients themselves, and thereby to awaken in the minds of young students a desire to become more intimately acquainted with the noble productions of classical antiquity. The aim was to render the legends, which form the second portion of this work, a picture of old Greek life; its customs, superstitions, and princely hospitalities, for which reason they are given at somewhat greater length than is usual in works of this kind
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E. M. Berens
Content
- COVER
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- PREFACE
- PART I.-MYTHS
- INTRODUCTION
- FIRST DYNASTY-ORIGIN OF THE WORL
- URANUS AND GÆA (Colus and Terra)
- SECOND DYNAST
- CRONUS (Saturn)
- RHEA (Ops)
- DIVISION OF THE WORLD
- THEORIES AS TO THE ORIGIN OF MAN
- THIRD DYNASTY-OLYMPIAN DIVINITIES
- ZEUS (Jupiter)
- HERA (Juno)
- PALLAS-ATHENE (Minerva)
- THEMIS
- HESTIA (Vesta)
- DEMETER (Ceres)
- APHRODITE (Venus)
- HELIOS (Sol)
- EOS (Aurora)
- PHOBUS-APOLLO
- HECATE
- SELENE (Luna)
- ARTEMIS (Diana)
- HEPHÆSTUS (Vulcan)
- POSEIDON (Neptune)
- SEA DIVINITIES
- OCEANUS
- NEREUS
- PROTEUS
- TRITON and the TRITONS
- GLAUCUS
- THETIS
- THAUMAS, PHORCYS, and CETO
- LEUCOTHEA
- THE SIRENS
- ARES (Mars)
- NIKE (Victoria)
- HERMES (Mercury)
- DIONYSUS (Bacchus)
- AÏDES (Pluto)
- PLUTUS
- MINOR DIVINITIES
- THE HARPIES
- ERINYES, EUMENIDES (Furiæ, Diræ)
- MOIRÆ or FATES (Parcæ)
- NEMESIS
- NIGHT AND HER CHILDREN. DEATH, SLEEP, AND DREAMS
- NYX (Nox)
- THANATOS (Mors) AND HYPNUS (Somnus)
- MORPHEUS
- THE GORGONS
- GRÆÆ
- SPHINX
- TYCHE (Fortuna) AND ANANKE (Necessitas)
- KER
- ATE
- MOMUS
- EROS (Cupid, Amor) AND PSYCHE
- HYMEN
- IRIS (The Rainbow)
- HEBE (Juventas)
- GANYMEDES
- THE MUSES
- PEGASUS
- THE HESPERIDES
- CHARITES (Gratiæ) GRACES.
- HORÆ (Seasons)
- THE NYMPHS
- WATER NYMPHS
- DRYADES, OR TREE NYMPHS
- NYMPHS OF THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS
- THE WINDS
- PAN (Faunus)
- THE SATYRS
- PRIAPUS
- ASCLEPIAS (Æsculapius)
- ROMAN DIVINITIES
- JANUS
- FLORA
- ROBIGUS
- POMONA
- VERTUMNUS
- PALES
- PICUS
- PICUMNUS AND PILUMNUS
- SILVANUS
- TERMINUS
- CONSUS
- LIBITINA
- LAVERNA
- COMUS
- THE CAMENÆ
- GENII
- MANES
- PENATES
- PUBLIC WORSHIP OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS AND ROMANS
- TEMPLES
- STATUES
- ALTARS
- PRIESTS
- SACRIFICES
- ORACLES
- SOOTHSAYERS (Augurs)
- FESTIVALS
- GREEK FESTIVALS
- ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES
- THESMOPHORIA
- DIONYSIA
- PANATHENÆA
- DAPHNEPHORIA
- ROMAN FESTIVALS
- SATURNALIA
- CEREALIA
- VESTALIA
- PART II.-LEGENDS
- CADMUS
- PERSEUS
- ION
- DÆDALUS and ICARUS
- THE ARGONAUTS
- STORY OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE
- PELOPS
- HERACLES (Hercules)
- BELLEROPHON
- THESEUS
- ODIPUS
- THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES
- THE EPIGONI
- ALCMÆON AND THE NECKLACE
- THE HERACLIDÆ
- THE SIEGE OF TROY
- RETURN OF THE GREEKS FROM TROY
- PRONOUNCING INDEX
- FOOTNOTES
