Chapter II: Part II: The Gods

THE GODS OF OLYMPUS.

A.—SUPERIOR DEITIES.
Zeus (Jupiter) 22
Hera (Juno) 31
Pallas Athene (Minerva) 34
Apollo 40
Artemis (Diana) 48
Ares (Mars) 51
Aphrodite (Venus) 56
Hermes (Mercurius) 62
Hephæstus (Vulcanus) 68
Hestia (Vesta) 71
Janus 74
Quirinus 77

B.—SECONDARY DEITIES.
1. Attendant and Ministering Deities—
Eros (Amor) 78
The Muses 80
The Charites (Gratiæ) 83
Themis and the Horæ (Seasons) 84
Nice (Victoria) 85
Iris 86
Hebe (Juventas) 87
Ganymedes 88
2. The Phenomena of the Heavens—
Helios (Sol) 89
Selene (Luna) 91
Eos (Aurora) 92
The Stars 93
The Winds 93
3. Gods of Birth and Healing—
Asclepius (Æsculapius) 94
Inferior Deities of Birth and Healing 96
4. Deities of Fate—
The Mœræ (Parcæ) 98
Nemesis, Tyche (Fortuna), and Agathodæmon (Bonus Eventus) 98

THE GODS OF THE SEA AND WATERS.
Poseidon (Neptunus) 100
Amphitrite 104
Triton and the Tritons 105
Pontus and his Descendants—
_Nereus and his Daughters_ 105
_Thaumas, Phorcys, Ceto_ 106
Proteus 107
Glaucus 107
Ino Leucothea, and Melicertes 108
The Sirens 109
The Race of Oceanus 109

THE GODS OF THE EARTH AND LOWER WORLD.
Gæa (Tellus) 112
Rhea Cybele (Magna Mater Idæa) 113
Dionysus, or Bacchus (Liber) 114
The Nymphs 123
The Satyrs 125
Silenus 126
Greek and Roman Wood-Spirits—
_Pan_ 128
_Silvanus_ 131
_Faunus and Fauna_ 131
Priapus 133
Saturnus and Ops 133
Vertumnus and Pomona 135
Flora 136
Pales 136
Terminus 137
Demeter (Ceres) 137
Persephone (Proserpina) 143
Hades (Pluto) 146
The Lower World 147
The Erinyes (Furiæ) 150
Hecate 153
Sleep and Death 154

ROMAN DEITIES OF THE HOUSE AND FAMILY.
The Penates 156
The Lares 157
The Larvæ, Lemures, and Manes 158