The Gods of the GreeksReconstructs the mythological histories of the divinities and the origin and destiny of mankind from ancient writings and artifacts. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 25
Page 11
... figures as Hermes , and the prose texts in which the same figures appear . Mythology is everything that presents such figures as would be defined , in a history of religion , as gods or demons . They are historical data of a bygone ...
... figures as Hermes , and the prose texts in which the same figures appear . Mythology is everything that presents such figures as would be defined , in a history of religion , as gods or demons . They are historical data of a bygone ...
Page 79
... figure of the deity itself , but no single tale could present the whole figure in all its aspects . The gods lived in the soul of our ancestors , and did not enter completely into any one story . Nevertheless each story - now as then ...
... figure of the deity itself , but no single tale could present the whole figure in all its aspects . The gods lived in the soul of our ancestors , and did not enter completely into any one story . Nevertheless each story - now as then ...
Page 150
... figure which , when it fell down487 ( as once when hit by a stone hurled by Athene ) , sprawled at a length of seven hundred feet . This figure was in all respects lacking in dignity . When " the brazen Ares " was wounded488 he screamed ...
... figure which , when it fell down487 ( as once when hit by a stone hurled by Athene ) , sprawled at a length of seven hundred feet . This figure was in all respects lacking in dignity . When " the brazen Ares " was wounded488 he screamed ...
Contents
THE BEGINNING OF THINGS | 15 |
THE MOIRAI HEKATE AND OTHER PRE OLYMPIAN | 31 |
THE GREAT GODDESS OF LOVE | 66 |
15 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
According Adonis already amongst ancient Aphrodite Apollon appeared Ariadne Artemis Asia Minor beautiful begat birth Boeotia bore born brother called cave chariot child cows Cretan Crete Daktyloi dark daughter deities Delos Delphi Demeter Dionysos divine earth Erinyes Eros father female Gaia gave giant goddess gods golden Gorgons Greek Hades hand Harpies Heaven Hekate Helios Hephaistos Hera Herakles Hermes hero heroic saga Hesiod Hesperides Homer husband immortal island Kabeiroi King Korybantes Kouretes Kronos later Leto Maia maiden male mankind marriage means mentioned Moirai moon mortal mother Mount Muses mythology Nereids Nereus Night nymphs Okeanos Olympian Olympus original Orion Orpheus Ouranos Pallas Athene Persephone Phaethon phallic Phorkys Poseidon primordial Prometheus Rhea sacred Selene Semele serpent shape Sirens sister Skylla sons spring stories concerning surname tale Telchines tell Tethys Themis thou Titans told took Underworld vase vase-painting wife winged women word worshipped Zeus Zeus's