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| Myths
and Legends of Ancient Greece
and Rome |
| A Handbook
of Mythology |
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| Author: E.M. Berens |
| This is available
under public domain laws in the
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CONTENTS
PART I—MYTHS
Introduction
FIRST DYNASTY
Origin of the World
Uranus
and Gæa (Cœlus and Terra)
SECOND DYNASTY
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), Phœbus-Apollo,
Hecate,
Selene
(Luna), Artemis
(Diana), Hephæstus
(Vulcan), Poseidon
(Neptune)
SEA
DIVINITIES I
Oceanus, Nereus, Proteus, Triton
and the Tritons, Glaucus, Thetis,
Thaumas, Phorcys, and Ceto, Leucothea,
The Sirens, Ares (Mars), Nike (Victoria),Hermes
(Mercury)
SEA
DIVINITIES II
Dionysus (Bacchus or Liber), Aïdes
(Pluto), Plutus
MINOR
DIVINITIES I
The Harpies, Erinyes, Eumenides (Furiæ,
Diræ), Moiræ or Fates
(Parcæ), Nemesis, Night and
Her Children, Nyx (Nox), Thanatos
(Mors), Hypnus (Somnus), Morpheus,
The Gorgons, Grææ, Sphinx,
Tyche (Fortuna) and Ananke (Necessitas),
Ker, Ate, Momus, Eros (Cupid, Amor)
and Psyche, Hymen, Iris, Hebe (Juventas),
Ganymedes
MINOR
DIVINITIES II
The Muses, Pegasus, The Hesperides,
Charites or Graces, Horæ (Seasons),
The Nymphs, 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, Camenæ, Genii,
Manes, Penates,
PUBLIC
WORSHIP OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS AND
ROMANS
Temples, Statues, Altars, Priests,
Sacrifices, Oracles, Soothsayers,
Augers
GREEK
FESTIVALS
Eleusinian Mysteries, Thesmophoria,
Dionysia, Panathenæa, Daphnephoria,
ROMAN
FESTIVALS
Saturnalia, Cerealia, Vestalia
PART II—LEGENDS
Legends
1
Cadmus, Perseus, Ion, Dædalus
and Icarus
Legends
2
The Argonauts, The Golden Fleece
Legends
3
Pelops, Heracles
Legends
4
Bellerophon, Theseus, Œdipus,
Legends
5
The Seven against Thebes, The Epigoni,
Alcmæon and the Necklace, The
Heraclidæ
Legends
6
The Siege of Troy
Legends
7
Return of the Greeks from Troy
