The mythology of Greece and Rome, with special reference to its use in art
The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Mythology of Greece and Rome, by Otto Seemann, Edited by G. H. (George Henry) Bianchi
Greek and Roman Mythology
Fig. 53.—Head of Niobe. Florence.
EDITED BY
G. H. BIANCHI, M.A.
LATE SCHOLAR OF ST. PETER’S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE BROTHERTON SANSKRIT PRIZEMAN, 1875
WITH SIXTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS
New and Revised Edition
LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL, Ld.
Made and Printed in Great Britain.
Richard Clay & Sons, Limited.
Printers, Bungay, Suffolk.
Otto Seemann
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PREFACE.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
INTRODUCTION.
I.—SUBJECTS OF GREEK AND ROMAN MYTHOLOGY.
II.—POPULAR IDEAS CONCERNING THE GODS.
PART I.—COSMOGONY AND THEOGONY.
PART II.—THE GODS.
I.—THE GODS OF OLYMPUS.
II.—THE GODS OF THE SEA AND WATERS.
III.—THE GODS OF THE EARTH AND LOWER WORLD.
IV.—ROMAN DEITIES OF THE HOUSE AND FAMILY.
PART III.—THE HEROES.
I.—INTRODUCTORY.
II.—THE CREATION AND PRIMITIVE CONDITION OF MANKIND.
III.—PROVINCIAL HEROIC LEGENDS.
IV.—COMBINED UNDERTAKINGS OF THE LATER HEROIC AGE.
V.—MYTHIC SEERS AND BARDS.
INDEX.
