The Gods of the GreeksReconstructs the mythological histories of the divinities and the origin and destiny of mankind from ancient writings and artifacts. |
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... mythology is , to say the least , very much the same . In this respect , dreams and mythology are nearer to one another than dreams and poetry . For this reason the author , in his Introduction to a Science of Mythology ( Lon don , 1951 ...
... mythology is , to say the least , very much the same . In this respect , dreams and mythology are nearer to one another than dreams and poetry . For this reason the author , in his Introduction to a Science of Mythology ( Lon don , 1951 ...
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... mythology , in order to be communicated in its true nature , must be translated back into its medium , the medium in which it still inwardly and outwardly " resounded " —that is to say , awoke echoes . The Greek word mythologia contains ...
... mythology , in order to be communicated in its true nature , must be translated back into its medium , the medium in which it still inwardly and outwardly " resounded " —that is to say , awoke echoes . The Greek word mythologia contains ...
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... mythology . He is in some what the same situation as the Comte de Marcellus , French minister to the Sublime Porte ... mythology of his ancestors . All that he knows of it is what is to be read in the classics or to be learnt from the ...
... mythology . He is in some what the same situation as the Comte de Marcellus , French minister to the Sublime Porte ... mythology of his ancestors . All that he knows of it is what is to be read in the classics or to be learnt from the ...
Contents
THE BEGINNING OF THINGS | 15 |
THE MOIRAI HEKATE AND OTHER PRE OLYMPIAN | 31 |
THE GREAT GODDESS OF LOVE | 66 |
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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