CONTENTS Publisher’s Note . xiii Contributors . .xix Editor's Introduction . xv Maps & Mythological Figures . .xxi VOLUME 1 GREECE SACRED PLACES, FIGURES, PRACTICES & TEXTS Apuleius, Lucius . 71 OVERVIEWS Aristides of Athens . 72 Religion & Mythology . 3 Delos . 72 Literature & Theatre . 7 Delphi . 73 Dodona . 74 GODS & GODDESSES Eleusinian mysteries . 75 Aphrodite. 13 Great Altar of Zeus at Pergamum . 75 Apollo . 15 Greece, Classical . 76 Ares . 17 Greece, Hellenistic and Roman . 81 Artemis . 19 Greece, Mycenaean . 85 Asclepius . 22 Helen of Troy . 88 Athena . 24 Hesiod . 89 Circe . 27 Homer . 89 Cronus . 29 Longus . 90 Demeter . 31 Midas . 90 Dionysus . 33 Mithrism . 91 Eros . 35 Orphism . 91 Hades . 37 Parthenon. 92 Hebe . 39 Temple of Artemis at Ephesus . 93 Hekate . 41 Thera . 93 Helios . 42 Troy . 95 Hephaestus . 44 Hera . 45 SELECTED STORIES Hermes . 47 Athena and the Birth of Erichthonius . 99 Hestia . 49 Athena and the Contest of Arachne . 100 Hypnos . 50 Birth of Athena and the War with the Giants . 105 Nemesis . 52 Bellerophon and the Battle with Chimera . 109 Nike . 54 The Birth of Zeus . 111 Pan . 56 Cronus and the Birth of the Cosmos . 112 Persephone . 58 The Death of Ajax . 113 Poseidon . 60 The Divine Loves of Zeus . 115 Prometheus . 63 Gaia and the Castration of Uranus . 116 Proteus . 66 Hera and the Seduction of Zeus . 118 Theseus . 67 Heracles’s Twelve Labors. 119 Uranus . 68 Jason and the Theft of the Golden Fleece . 123 The Love of Aphrodite and Anchises . 128 Pandora and the Great Jar . 129 v GGodsods aandnd GGoddessesoddesses FFull.indbull.indb v 112/10/20182/10/2018 33:54:30:54:30 PPMM vi │ Contents Perseus and Medusa . 131 Phaedrus . 200 Prometheus and the Theft of Fire . 136 Pompeii and Herculaneum . 201 Tales of Odysseus (Lotus-Eaters, Cyclops) . 137 Propertius . 202 Theseus and the Minotaur . 142 Quintus Smyrnaeus . 202 Wrath of Artemis . 147 Romulus and Remus . 203 Zeus and the Titan War . 151 Saint Helena . 203 Saint Jerome . 204 Seneca the Younger . 204 ROME Sibylline Books . 205 Simon Magus . 206 OVERVIEWS Statius . 207 Literature in Ancient Rome . 157 Valerius Flaccus, Gaius . 207 Religion and Mythology . 161 Vergil . 208 Life as a Priest in Ancient Rome . 164 Verginia . 209 Roman Forum . 167 Roman Military and Personal Deities . 168 SELECTED STORIES Roman Imperial Cults . 169 Apollo Establishes His Temple at Delphi . 211 Cadmus Sowing the Dragon’s Teeth . 212 GODS & GODDESSES Jove’s Great Deluge. 214 Diana . 171 Jupiter . 173 Lares and Penates . 176 NORSE, CELTIC & EUROPEAN Libertas . 176 Mars . ..