Ancient Greece: its principal gods and minor deities
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Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
Beschreibung: | 454 S. 23 cm |
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adam_text | CONTENTS
1
The Creation of the Universe
13
Five of the traditions describing the creation
-
Hesiodian,
Homeric, Olympian, Orphic and Pelasgian
-
together with
biographies of some of the principal characters connected with
the legends, notably Oceanus whom Homer believed to be fa¬
ther of both gods and mankind, the twin-sexed god of creation,
Eros/Phanes, and the python Ophion who with his wife,
Eurynome, were the first rulers of the universe.
2
The Five Ages of Man
21
The Golden Age was the time of universal peace and content¬
ment; the Silver Age, when Zeus introduced the four seasons
and mankind was required to farm the land; the Brazen or
Bronze Age, an era of death and destruction; the Heroic Age,
when the noble race of heroes was born of the Olympian gods
to mortal men and women; and, finally, the Iron Age, when the
entire earth turned red with the blood of foreign wars.
3
The First Generation of Gods
25
Before an unnamed supreme deity created the universe, noth¬
ing existed but the yawning abyss called Chaos. But from this
nothingness arose twelve elemental deities, the Protogenoi or
first-born gods. They included Erebus, god of darkness, and
his brother Aether, god of the upper air, who each married
their mother, Nyx, goddess of night, and whose children num¬
ber many of the Personifications (see below).
4
The Personifications
33
The Personifications comprise, principally, offspring of the
first-born divinities, from Generation and Procreation
through Toil and Sorrow, Murder and Manslaughter to
Doom and the End of Life. However, they also number
Equity, Justice, Peace, Truth and Virtue
-
five daughters of
Zeus. The two hundred plus entries also include the glutton¬
ous Adephagia and Zephyrus, god of the west wind.
5
The Titans: The Second Generation of Gods
55
The Titans were the twelve offspring of Uranus and
Gaia
who ruled the universe until they were overthrown by Zeus.
They were known as the Dynasty of Elders, but often re¬
ferred to as the Strivers or Strainers. As well as biographies of
the twelve principal Titans, and thirty of the second- and third-
generation descendants, there is a brief description of their
Titanic battle against the Olympians, the Titanomachy.
6
The Olympians: The Third Generation of Gods
73
After he overthrew the Titans, Zeus took control of the earth,
his brother Poseidon the sea while a third sibling, Hades, was
awarded the Underworld. Zeus then selected eleven members
of his immediate family
-
including sister
Demeter
and
sister/wife Hera
-
to set up home with him on Mount
Olympus from where they manipulated the lives of mankind.
The supporting biographies include twenty of the minor
deities who shared their mountain fortress.
7
The Cyclopes
95
There were two distinct clans of Cyclopes: the skilled bronze
workers from Thrace, sons of Uranus and
Gaia,
who went to
live with Hephaestus beneath Mount Aetna; and a community
of shepherds who also lived on Sicily, led by Polyphemus,
and who are described as sons of Poseidon and Thoosa.
There may have been a third tribe, builders of the massive
prehistoric fortifications now described as Cyclopean .
8
The Giants
105
There were also two principal races of giants: the one hundred
sons of
Gaia
who sprang from the blood of her castrated
son/husband Uranus; and the fierce warriors she conceived
with their grandson, Poseidon. She also had giant sons by her
brothers
Pontus
and Tartarus. Included are descriptions of
their several communities, their own battle against the
Olympians, the Gigantomachy, and biographies of the most
celebrated.
9
Gaia
and Her Kingdom of the Earth
127
As well as the names of the deities deemed to protect farmers
and their crops, there are also details of those who guard the is¬
lands and mountains. In addition, there are descriptions of the
Eleusinian gods and the servants of their great Mysteries
-
religious ceremonies celebrated throughout Greece and
dedicated to
Demeter,
goddess of agriculture, and her daugh¬
ter Persephone, known as the corn maiden.
10
Uranus and His Heavenly Kingdom
165
More than a hundred sky gods and celestial spirits are featured
here
-
from Adrasteia to the twelve signs of the Zodiac. Also
included are descriptions of the sun, moon, and the five planets
known to the ancient Greeks (Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Saturn
and Venus) and referred to by the ancients as wandering stars ,
as well as stories connected with fifty of the constellations and
seventy of the stars and star groups contained within them.
11
The Wind Gods
203
The wind gods were the personification of the four directional
winds
-
Boreas (the north wind), Eurus (the east wind),
Notus (the south wind) and Zephyrus (the west wind).
There were, however, other winds occasionally personified in
Greek mythology including Apeliotes (south-east), Caicias
(north-east), Lips (south-west) and Sciron (north-west) as
well as the cooling Etesian and the violent storm winds.
12
Poseidon and His Kingdom of the Sea
213
Before Poseidon claimed it as his own, the ocean had several
other rulers:
Pontus,
son of Aether and
Gaia,
and his half-sis¬
ter/wife, Thalassa, who together personify the sea; and
Aegaeon (after whom the Aegean Sea1 is named) who took
control during the reign of the Titans. The other sea deities
featured include the Graeae, Haliae, Harpies, Nereides and
Oceanides,
Phorcides,
Sirenes
and the Telchines.
Some sources claim the Aegean Sea is named after Aegeus, a king of Athens and the father of
Theseus, who threw himself from the cliffs believing that his son had died at the hands of the
Minotaur. Theseus had forgotten his promise to change the sails of his ship from black to white
were he to return victorious.
13 Hades and HL·
Kingdom of the Underworld
235
A description of the four principal regions of the Underworld:
the dark mists of Erebus that surround the nether regions;
Hades, where the souls of the dead are judged; Tartarus, the
hell-pit where the most wicked are condemned; and Elysium,
where the heroic and virtuous spend a blissful eternity. The sev¬
enty plus entries include biographies of many of its celebrated
victims as well as its ghouls and ghosts.
14
Rivers and River Gods
255
The Titans Oceanus and Tethys gave birth to all the
3,000
rivers of the world, many of which were personified in
mythology as horned giants with the tails of serpents. Although
Hesiod mentions only twenty-five by name, and Homer adds a
dozen more, this section introduces around
130
of the most
important, including Achelous, Alpheus, Asopus, Eridanus,
Inachus and Scamander, which was also known as Xanthus.
15
The Nymphs: Female Divinities of Nature
281
The nymphs were spirits associated with specific natural fea¬
tures: the water-linked Naiades, tree-dwelling
Dryades
and
Hamadryades, and the mountain Oreiades
-
as well as the
lust-crazed women followers of Dionysus. Included are over
500
entries commencing with Abarbaree, whose twin sons
were killed defending Troy, and concluding with Zeuxippe
who married her nephew, Pandion, the sixth king of Athens.
16
The Centaurs
357
There are two principal legends associated with the half-man,
half-horse Centaurs: their battles against their neighbouring
cousins, the Lapiths, known as the Centauromachies; and the
fracas that broke out when Pholus attempted to share his
comrade s wine with Heracles. Also included are entries on
each of this one hundred-strong band of warriors, including
Chiron, Cyllarus and Hylonome, Eurytion and Nessus.
CLASSICAL REFERENCE SOURCES
379
CONTEMPORARY REFERENCE SOURCES
383
INDEX
385
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