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