Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome

About this eBook

Author

Berens, E. M.

Credits

Produced by Alicia Williams, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

BL: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Religion: General, Miscellaneous and Atheism

Subject

Mythology, Classical

Category

Text

eBook-No.

22381

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22381

Release Date

August 23, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A HAND-BOOK OF MYTHOLOGY. — Myths and Legends
2. 2.ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME.
3. 3.E. M. BERENS. — NEW YORK:
4. 4.Maynard, Merrill, & Co ., — 43, 45 and 47 East Tenth Street . — PREFACE.
5. 5.MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME.
6. 6.PART I.—MYTHS. — INTRODUCTION. — ORIGIN OF THE WORLD.—FIRST DYNASTY. — 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 [11] ( 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.
7. 7.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.
8. 8.PRONOUNCING INDEX.
9. 9.A Complete Course in the Study of English. — Spelling, Language, Grammar, Composition, Literature . — NOTES

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