Classical Mythology

THE NATURE OF THE GODS 139 group of Lydians and all my hunting equipment and hounds, and I shall order them as they go to be mos ...

140 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS This was the nature of his answer to Croesus, and afterward they left equipped with a band o ...

THE NATURE OF THE GODS^141 Croesus, its king, and his other son,"a fine boy except that he could not speak" (1. 85-88): f When t ...

(^142) THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS from the present evil. In tears he called on the god and suddenly out of the clear and ca ...

THE NATURE OF THE GODS 143 Yet there are parts of the myth that perhaps may be true. Despite chrono- logical problems, Solon cou ...

(^144) THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS cidates philosophy. The life of Tellus the Athenian, the happiest of men, reveals the cha ...

THE NATURE OF THE GODS 145 and God Within. The authors do the same for the archetype of the female divinity in Goddess: Myths of ...

146 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS These words of Croesus at first may strike the modern reader as extremely cruel, but he mea ...

CHAPTER 7 POSEIDON, SEA DEITIES, GROUP DIVINITIES, AND MONSTERS Poseidon, best known as the great god of waters in general and o ...

148 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS Nereid, by Georges Braque (1882-1963). Incised plaster, 1931-1932; 73% X 51 in. This is part ...

POSEIDON, SEA DEITIES, GROUP DIVINITIES, AND MONSTERS 149 the size of a ship's mast) and take up his pipe of a hundred reeds. Hi ...

150 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS Poseidon (Neptune) and Amphitrite with Their Attendants. Relief from the "Altar of Domi- tiu ...

POSEIDON, SEA DEITIES, GROUP DIVINITIES, AND MONSTERS 151 Neptune and Triton. By G-L. Bernini (1598-1680); marble, 1619, height ...

152 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS THE APPEARANCE AND CHARACTER OF POSEIDON Poseidon is similar in appearance to his brother Ze ...

POSEIDON, SEA DEITIES, GROUP DIVINITIES, AND MONSTERS^153 Pontus m. Ge i 1—h—i—i Nereus Thaumas m. Electra Phorcys m. Ceto Euryb ...

(^154) THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS Medusa m. Poseidon Pegasus Chrysaor m. Callirhoë I I I Geryon Echidna m. Typhon i 1—h 1 E ...

POSEIDON, SEA DEITIES, GROUP DIVINITIES, AND MONSTERS 155 socracy (sea-power) of Minoan Crete makes this perfectly clear, as doe ...

156 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS home from Troy, was unduly detained off the coast of Egypt; he consulted Proteus, the old ma ...

CHAPTER 8 ATHENA THE BIRTH OF ATHENA The Homeric Hymn (28) tells the story of Athena's birth. ¥ 1 begin to sing about Pallas Ath ...

158 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS The Birth of Athena. Detail of an Athenian black-figure amphora, sixth century B.c.; height ...