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| INTRODUCTION | xxix |
PART I
MYTHS OF DIVINITIES AND HEROES |
| CHAPTER I. GREEK MYTHS OF THE CREATION | 1 |
| Purpose of the Study. The Fable and the Myth. Origin of the World. Origin of the Gods. The Rule of Cronus. The War of the Titans. The Division of Empire. The Reign of Jupiter. The Origin of Man. Prometheus, a Creator. The Age of Gold. The Silver Age. Prometheus, Champion of Man. Pandora. Prometheus Bound. Longfellow's Prometheus. The Brazen Age. The Iron Age. The Flood. Deucalion and Pyrrha. The Demigods and Heroes. |
| CHAPTER II. THE GODS OF HEAVEN | 18 |
| Olympus. The Great Gods. Jupiter (Zeus). Conceptions of Jupiter. Juno (Hera). Minerva (Athene or Athena). Mars (Ares). Vulcan (HephÆstus). Apollo. Shelley's Hymn of Apollo. Diana (Artemis). Jonson's Hymn to Cynthia. Venus (Aphrodite). The "Venus of Milo." Mercury (Hermes). Vesta (Hestia). The Lesser Divinities of Heaven. |
| CHAPTER III. THE GODS OF EARTH | 42 |
| Conception of the World. Ceres (Demeter). GÆa (Ge). Bacchus (Dionysus). The Lesser Divinities of Earth. |
| CHAPTER IV. THE GODS OF THE UNDERWORLD | 47 |
| The Underworld. Tartarus and the Elysian Fields. The Islands of the Blest. Pluto (Hades). Proserpina (Persephone). The Lesser Divinities of the Underworld. |
| CHAPTER V. THE GODS OF THE WATERS | 55 |
| The Older Dynasty. The Younger Dynasty. The Lesser Divinities of the Waters. |
| CHAPTER VI. THE ROMAN DIVINITIES | 59 |
| Gods Common to Greece and Italy. Italian Gods. |
| CHAPTER VII. MYTHS OF THE GREAT DIVINITIES OF HEAVEN | 64 |
| Myths of Jupiter and Juno. Love Affairs of Jupiter. Io. Callisto. Europa. Semele. Ægina. Antiope. Jupiter, a Friend of Man. Juno's Best Gift. Myths of Minerva. Arachne. Myths of Mars. Mars and Diomede. Mars and Minerva. The Fortunes of Cadmus. Myths of Vulcan. Myths of Apollo. The Wanderings of Latona. Apollo, the Light Triumphant. Hyacinthus. PhaËthon. The Plague sent upon the Greeks before Troy. The Punishment of Niobe. The Lamentation for Linus. Æsculapius. Apollo in Exile. Lowell's Shepherd of King Admetus. Admetus and Alcestis. Apollo, the Musician. Apollo, Pan, and Midas. Shelley's Hymn of Pan. Marsyas. The Loves of Apollo. Daphne. Marpessa. Clytie. Myths of Diana. The Flight of Arethusa. Shelley's Arethusa. The Fate of ActÆon. The Fortunes and Death of Orion. The Pleiads. Endymion. Myths of Venus. Adonis. Cupid and Psyche. Keats' Ode to Psyche. Atalanta's Race. Hero and Leander. Pygmalion and the Statue. Pyramus and Thisbe. Phaon. The Vengeance of Venus. Myths of Mercury. |
| CHAPTER VIII. MYTHS OF THE GREAT DIVINITIES OF EARTH | 152 |
| Myths of Bacchus. The Wanderings of Bacchus. The Story of Acetes. The Choice of King Midas. |
| CHAPTER IX. FROM THE EARTH TO THE UNDERWORLD | 159 |
| Myths of Ceres, Pluto, and Proserpine. The Rape of Proserpine. The Wanderings of Ceres. Triptolemus and the Eleusinian Mysteries. Orpheus and Eurydice. |
| CHAPTER X. MYTHS OF NEPTUNE, RULER OF THE WATERS | 169 |
| Lord of the Sea. Lord of Streams and Fountains. Pelops and Hippodamia. |
| CHAPTER XI. MYTHS OF THE LESSER DIVINITIES OF HEAVEN | 172 |
| Myths of Stars and Winds. Cephalus and Procris. Dobson's The Death of Procris. Ceyx and Halcyone. Aurora and Tithonus. Tennyson's Tithonus. Memnon. |
| CHAPTER XII. MYTHS OF THE LESSER DIVINITIES OF EARTH, ETC. | 181 |
| Pan, and the Personification of Nature. Stedman's Pan in Wall Street. Other Lesser Gods of Earth. Echo and Narcissus. Echo, Pan, Lyde, and the Satyr. The Naiads. The Dryads, or Hamadryads. Erysichthon. Dryope. Rhoecus. Pomona and Vertumnus. The Cranes of Ibycus. |
| CHAPTER XIII. MYTHS OF LESSER DIVINITIES OF THE WATERS | 198 |
| Galatea and Polyphemus. Glaucus and Scylla. Nisus and Scylla. Leucothea. Proteus and AristÆus. AcheloÜs and Hercules. Milton's Sabrina Fair. |
| CHAPTER XIV. MYTHS OF THE OLDER HEROES: THE HOUSE OF DANAÜS, AND ITS CONNECTIONS | 206 |
| The Older and the Younger Heroes. The Genealogy of DanaÜs. The DanaÏds. The Doom of King Acrisius. Perseus and Medusa. Perseus and Atlas. Perseus and Andromeda. Bellerophon and the ChimÆra. Hercules (Heracles): His Youth. His Labors. His Later Exploits. The Loss of Hylas. The Rescue of Daphnis. The Expedition against Laomedon. The Death of Hercules. |
| CHAPTER XV. THE FAMILY OF ÆOLUS | 229 |
| Descendants of Deucalion. The Quest of the Golden Fleece. The Return of the Argonauts. Medea and Æson. Pelias. |
| CHAPTER XVI. THE FAMILY OF ÆTOLUS AND ITS CONNECTIONS | 237 |
| The Calydonian Hunt. Merope. Castor and Pollux. The Twin Brethren among the Romans. |
| CHAPTER XVII. THE HOUSE OF MINOS | 246 |
| Minos of Crete. DÆdalus and Icarus. |
| CHAPTER XVIII. THE HOUSE OF CECROPS AND ERICHTHONIUS | 249 |
| From Cecrops to Philomela. Matthew Arnold's Philomela. Theseus. Theseus and Ariadne. Bacchus and Ariadne. The Amazons. Theseus and PirithoÜs. PhÆdra and Hippolytus. |
| CHAPTER XIX. THE HOUSE OF LABDACUS | 261 |
| The Misfortunes of Thebes. Œdipus and the Sphinx. Œdipus, the King. Œdipus at Colonus. |
| CHAPTER XX. MYTHS OF THE YOUNGER HEROES: THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES | 265 |
| Their Exploits. The Seven against Thebes. Antigone. The Epigoni. |
| CHAPTER XXI. HOUSES CONCERNED IN THE TROJAN WAR | |
