Classical Mythology

APHRODITE AND EROS 179 youth. Obviously, we have here once again a rendition of a recurrent theme: the Great Mother and her love ...

180 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS of the secret and mystic rites that were also a part of his worship. Frazer pro- vides a com ...

APHRODITE AND EROS 181 Venus and Anchises. Fresco from the Galleria of the Farnese Palace, Rome, 1597-1600 by Annibale Carracci ...

182 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS beautiful arts to soft-skinned maidens in their homes by instilling the proper skill in each ...

APHRODITE AND EROS 183 tiful woods or inhabit this beautiful mountain, the streams of rivers, and the grassy meadows. I shall bu ...

(^184) THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS erings, for it had already been made with soft blankets; on it lay the skins of bears and ...

APHRODITE AND EROS 185 taken his dear son. Indeed he mourned for him unceasingly each and every day, and Zeus took pity on the f ...

186 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS boy here to show you. Yet so that I may go over with you all that I intend, I shall come bac ...

APHRODITE AND EROS 187 honors, although he should have them most of all. For he is the most friendly to man of all the gods, his ...

188 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS Apollo turned the face around and drew together the skin like a pouch with drawstrings on wh ...

APHRODITE AND EROS 189 able to tell what they wish to gain from each other. No one would imagine that it is on account of their ...

190 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS glorification of love between males (inspired perhaps by the company present and certainly p ...

APHRODITE AND EROS 191 a feast and among them was Resourcefulness (Poros), the son of Cleverness (Metis), and while they were di ...

(^192) THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS particular expression in the procreation of what is beautiful, both physically and spirit ...

APHRODITE AND EROS 193 SOCRATES AND EROS Plato's message in the Symposium is in accord with his beliefs generally: sexual activ- ...

194 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS sition of impossible labors accomplished with divine assistance—among them descent into the ...

APHRODITE AND EROS 195 bridegroom visited her, only to depart quickly before sunrise. Thus Psyche spent her days—and her nights— ...

196 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS The sister called on Zephyrus to carry her from a mountaintop to Cupid's palace, but as she ...

APHRODITE AND EROS 197 ¥ Immediately a wedding feast appeared. The bridegroom took the highest place, embracing Psyche. So Jupit ...

198 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS Beautiful birds drew you swiftly from heaven over the black earth through the air between wi ...