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| INTRODUCTION. |
| I. | Subjects of Greek and Roman Mythology | [11] |
| II. | Popular Ideas concerning the Gods | [13] |
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| PART I.—COSMOGONY AND THEOGONY | [17] |
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| PART II.—THE GODS. |
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| THE GODS OF OLYMPUS. |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| ROMAN DEITIES OF THE HOUSE AND FAMILY. |
| | The Penates | [156] |
| | The Lares | [157] |
| | The Larvæ, Lemures, and Manes | [158] |
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| PART III.—THE HEROES. |
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| INTRODUCTORY | [159] |
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| THE CREATION AND PRIMITIVE CONDITION OF MANKIND | [162] |
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| PROVINCIAL HEROIC LEGENDS— |
| | The Lapithæ and the Centaurs | [165] |
| | Theban Legend— |
| | | Cadmus | [170] |
| | | Actæon | [171] |
| | | Amphion and Zethus | [172] |
| | Corinthian Legend— |
| | | Sisyphus | [179] |
| | | Glaucus | [180] |
| | | Bellerophon and the Legend of the Amazons | [180] |
| | Argive Legend— |
| | | Io | [185] |
| | | Danaüs and the Danaïds | [186] |
| | | Prœtus and his Daughters | [187] |
| | | Perseus | [188] |
| | The Dioscuri | [194] |
| | Heracles (Hercules) | [197] |
| | | The Birth and Youth of Heracles | [198] |
| | | Heracles in the Service of Eurystheus | [199] |
| | | Deeds of Heracles after his Service | [206] |
| | | Death and Apotheosis | [211] |
| | | Heracles as God | [212] |
| | Attic Legend— |
| | | Cecrops | [217] |
| | | Erechtheus, or Erichthonius | [218] |
| | | Theseus | [219] |
| | Cretan Legend— |
| | | Minos and the Minotaur | [227] |
| | | Talos | [229] |
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| COMBINED UNDERTAKINGS OF THE LATER HEROIC AGE— |
| | The Calydonian Hunt | [230] |
| | The Argonauts | [232] |
| | The Theban Cycle | [237] |
| | The Trojan Cycle | [241] |
| | The Heroic Races of the Trojan War— |
| | | The Dardanidæ, or Race of Dardanus | [241] |
| | | The Pelopidæ, or Race of Pelops | [242] |
| | | The Æacidæ, or Race of Æacus | [245] |
| | | Nestor, the Locrian Ajax, Diomedes, and Odysseus | [247] |
| | The War | [249] |
| | The Return | [257] |
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| MYTHIC SEERS AND BARDS | [262] |
