BERENS' Handbook of Mythology

The Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome. By E.M. Berens. First published in 1886.

L.E. Ataire

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PART I. — MYTHS

FIRST DYNASTY

Origin of the World

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 or Liber)

Aïdes (Pluto)

Plutus

MINOR DIVINITIES:

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

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

PART II. — Worship

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 III.— LEGENDS

Cadmus

Perseus

Ion

Dædalus and Icarus

The Argonauts

Pelops

Heracles

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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