PREFATORY NOTE.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II. GREEK AND ROMAN DIVINITIES. Celestial Gods. JUPITER, ( Greek , Zeus .)
CHAPTER III. PHOEBUS APOLLO.
CHAPTER IV. MARS ARES.
CHAPTER V. MERCURY HERMES.
CHAPTER VI. BACCHUS DIONYSUS.
CHAPTER VII. Celestial Goddesses. JUNO HERA.
CHAPTER VIII. MINERVA PALLAS ATHENA.
CHAPTER IX. VENUS APHRODITE.
CHAPTER X. LATONA LETO.
CHAPTER XI. AURORA EOS.
CHAPTER XII. Terrestrial Gods. SATURN.
CHAPTER XIII. VULCAN HAPHAESTUS.
CHAPTER XIV. AEOLUS.
CHAPTER XV. Terrestrial Goddesses. VESTA HESTIA.
CHAPTER XVI. CYBELE.
CHAPTER XVII. CERES DEMETER.
CHAPTER XVIII. THEMIS ASTRAEA NEMESIS.
CHAPTER XIX. THE MUSES.
CHAPTER XX. Gods of the Woods, and Rural Deities. PAN.
CHAPTER XXI. Goddesses of the Woods. DIANA.
CHAPTER XXII. Gods of the Sea. NEPTUNE POSEIDON.
CHAPTER XXIII. Infernal Deities. PLUTO HADES.
CHAPTER XXIV. FABULOUS MONSTERS.
CHAPTER XXV. Household Divinities. PENATES LARES.
CHAPTER XXVI. Demigods and Heroes.
CHAPTER XXVII. JASON.
CHAPTER XXVIII. CASTOR AND POLLUX.
CHAPTER XXIX. ORPHEUS.
CHAPTER XXX. ATLAS.
CHAPTER XXXI. BELLEROPHON.
CHAPTER XXXII. MELEAGER THE CALYDONIAN HUNT.
CHAPTER XXXIII. Poets of Classic Fable. HOMER HESIOD VIRGIL OVID.
CHAPTER XXXIV. Heroes Celebrated by the Poets. AGAMEMNON.
CHAPTER XXXV. ULYSSES.
CHAPTER XXXVI. ORESTES.
CHAPTER XXXVII. AENEAS.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. SIBYLS AUGURS.
CHAPTER XXXIX. ORACLES.
CHAPTER XL. CLASSIC GAMES.
CHAPTER XLI. THEATRES.
CHAPTER XLII. CELEBRATED STATUES.
CHAPTER I. Egyptian Divinities. OSIRIS APIS SERAPIS ISIS ANUBIS HARPOCRATES.
CHAPTER II. EASTERN MYTHOLOGY. Deities of the Assyrians. BAAL, OR BEL MOLOCH.
CHAPTER III. PERSIA.
CHAPTER IV. Hindoo Mythology. BRAHMA THE VEDAS.
CHAPTER V. CHINA.
CHAPTER VI. Thibet. THE GRAND LAMA.
CHAPTER VII. MYTHOLOGY OF SCANDINAVIA.
CHAPTER VIII. CELTIC MYTHOLOGY. DRUIDISM.
CHAPTER IX. Mexico. MYTHOLOGY OF THE AZTECS.
CHAPTER X. PERU.
SUPPLEMENT. A BRIEF NOTICE OF AUTHORS, ETC., MENTIONED IN THIS VOLUME. AESCHYLUS,
INDEX.
Title: The Student's Mythology
A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies
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THE
STUDENT’S MYTHOLOGY
A COMPENDIUM
OF
Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese,
Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian
Mythologies,
IN ACCORDANCE WITH STANDARD AUTHORITIES.
ARRANGED FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES.
BY
C. A. WHITE.
NEW EDITION, REVISED AND CORRECTED.
NEW YORK.
A. C. ARMSTRONG & SON,
714 Broadway.
1889.
Entered According to Act of Congress in the year 1870, by
W. J. WIDDLETON,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for
the Southern District of New York.
Copyright, 1882, by W. C. Bush.
