Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome. E. M. Berens

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       E. M. Berens

      Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664159137

Table of Contents

       PREFACE.

       MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME.

       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.