Myths and Legends: of Ancient Greece and Rome电子书

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PREFACE

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

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

ŒDIPUS

THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES

THE EPIGONI

ALCMÆON AND THE NECKLACE

THE HERACLIDÆ

THE SIEGE OF TROY

RETURN OF THE GREEKS FROM TROY

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