Myths of Greece and Rome by H. A. Guerber

MYTHS OF GREECE AND ROME

NARRATED WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO
LITERATURE AND ART

BY

H. A. GUERBER
LECTURER ON MYTHOLOGY

AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY
NEW YORK   CINCINNATI   CHICAGO

Copyright, 1893, by
American Book Company.

Copyright. 1921, by
H. A. Guerber.

—
Guerber’s Myths.

E.P. 44

DEDICATED

TO MY KIND FRIENDS

MISS MACKIE AND MISS MASTERS

IN WHOSE SCHOOLS MY LECTURES WERE FIRST GIVEN

MADE IN U. S. A.

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 PREFACE.

THE aim of this book is to present a complete and entertaining account of Grecian and Roman mythology in such a manner that the student will appreciate its great influence upon literature and art.

 

These myths, an inexhaustible fund of inspiration for the poets and artists of the past, have also inspired many noted modern works. To impress this fact forcibly upon the student, appropriate quotations from the poetical writings of all ages, from Hesiod’s “Works and Days,” to Tennyson’s “Œnone,” have been inserted in the text, while reproductions of ancient masterpieces and noted examples of modern painting and sculpture are plentifully used as illustrations.

 

The myths are told as graphically and accurately as possible, great care being taken, however, to avoid the more repulsive features of heathen mythology; and when two or more versions of the same myth occur, the preference has invariably been given to the most popular, that is to say, to the one which has inspired the greatest works.

 

Both the Latin and the Greek forms of proper names are given, but the Latin names are usually retained throughout the narrative, because more frequently used in poetry and art.

  

The closing chapter includes an analysis of myths by the light of philology and comparative mythology, and the philological explanation of the stories related in the preceding chapters.

 

A map, genealogical table, and complete glossary and index adapt this little volume for constant use in the library and art gallery, at home and abroad.

CONTENTS.

MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF MYTHS     8

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS     10

CHAP. I.     The Beginning of All Things     11

II.     Jupiter     39

III.     Juno     51

IV.     Minerva     55

V.     Apollo     61

VI.     Diana     93

VII.     Venus     103

VIII.     Mercury     131

IX.     Mars     138

X.     Vulcan     144

XI.     Neptune     149

XII.     Pluto     159

XIII.     Bacchus     171

XIV.     Ceres and Proserpina     183

XV.     Vesta     198

XVI.     Janus     205

XVII.     Somnus and Mors     208

XVIII.     Æolus     213

XIX.     Hercules     216

XX.     Perseus     240

XXI.     Theseus     250

XXII.     Jason     263

XXIII.     The Calydonian Hunt     275

XXIV.     Œdipus     280

XXV.     Bellerophon     291

XXVI.     Minor Divinities     297

XXVII.     The Trojan War     305

XXVIII.     Adventures of Ulysses     337

XXIX.     Adventures of Æneas     360

XXX.     Analysis of Myths     378

GENEALOGICAL TABLE     402

INDEX TO POETICAL QUOTATIONS     405

GLOSSARY AND INDEX     407

 

 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

     
Homer     2
Amor     14
Fountain of Cybele (Rhea)     19
Minerva and Prometheus     26
Pandora     30
Hope     34
Olympian Zeus     40
Ganymede and the Eagle     42
The Abduction of Europa     46
Juno     50
Iris     53
Minerva     56
Apollo Belvedere     66
Apollo and Daphne     69
Orpheus and Eurydice     78
Farnese Bull     81
Aurora     86
Apollo and the Muses     89
Diana of Versailles     92
Niobe     95
Venus de Milo     102
Fourth Hour of the Night     104
Sleeping Love     109
Hero and Leander     115
Cupid awakening Psyche     125
Charon and Psyche     129
Flying Mercury     133
Venus de Milo and Mars     141
The Forge of Vulcan     146
Fountain of Neptune     150
Father Nile     157
The Furies     162
The Three Fates     164
Bacchus     175
Marriage of Bacchus and Ariadne     180
Abduction of Proserpina     185
Ceres     189
A Nymph     191
School of the Vestal Virgins     199
The Vestal Tuccia     201
Genius of Death     209
Hercules an Infant     217
Hercules and Centaur     222
Mounted Amazon going to the Chase     225
Hercules at the Feet of Omphale     231
Fortuna     233
Farnese Hercules     237
Perseus     245
Perseus and Andromeda     247
Dædalus and Icarus     254
Ariadne     258
Theseus     261
Jason and the Dragon     270
Medea     272
Atalanta’s Race     277
Œdipus and the Sphinx     284
Antigone and Ismene     289
Chimæra     293
Vertumnus and Pomona     302
Paris     309
Abduction of Helen     313
Parting of Hector and Andromache     322
Thetis bearing the Armor of Achilles     327
Laocoon     334
Triumph of Galatea     340
Acis and Galatea (Evening)     342
Circe and the Friends of Ulysses     348
Siren     351
Penelope     356
Æneas at the Court of Dido     368
Cumæan Sibyl     371

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