Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore

The mythology of Greece and Rome, with special reference to its use in art

Seemann, Otto, 1825-1901; Bianchi, G. H. (George Henry) [Editor]· 5 chapters· 78,769 words

A.—SUPERIOR DEITIES. Zeus (Jupiter) 22 Hera (Juno) 31 Pallas Athene (Minerva) 34 Apollo 40 Artemis (Diana) 48 Ares (Mars) 51 Aphrodite (Venus) 56 Hermes (Mercurius) 62 Hephæstus (Vulcanus) 68 Hestia (Vesta) 71 Janus 74 Quirinus 77

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1. PART II.—THE GODS.

A.—SUPERIOR DEITIES. Zeus (Jupiter) 22 Hera (Juno) 31 Pallas Athene (Minerva) 34 Apollo 40 Artemis (Diana) 48 Ares (Mars) 51 Aphrodite (Venus) 56 Hermes (Mercurius) 62 Hephæstus...

2. PART III.—THE HEROES.

PROVINCIAL HEROIC LEGENDS— The Lapithæ and the Centaurs 165 Theban Legend— _Cadmus_ 170 _Actæon_ 171 _Amphion and Zethus_ 172 Corinthian Legend— _Sisyphus_ 179 _Glaucus_ 180 _Be...

3. PART I.—COSMOGONY AND THEOGONY.

By Cosmogony, we understand the legends relating to the creation of the world; by Theogony, those relating to the origin of the gods. On both points we have to deal with the Gre...

4. PART II.—THE GODS.

=1. Zeus (Jupiter).=—Chief of the celestial deities is Zeus, called by the Romans Jupiter, the controller and ruler of the universe. As being the god of heaven _par excellence_,...

5. PART III.—THE HEROES.

On passing to heroic mythology, a world still more rich in marvels than that with which we have already become acquainted presents itself to our view. The greater extent of this...