Allgemein
THE
GODS OF THE GREEKS
Bob Canary - canary@uwp.edu
The myths and legends of the Greeks come from a variety of
sources, and some of the inconsistencies in them reflect that
variety. Why, for example, was the maiden huntress Artemis
worshipped at Ephesus as a many-breasted patroness of
motherhood? Perhaps because a goddess worshipped by
Indo-European speaking intruders from the North has been
identified at Ephesus with a fertility goddess worshipped in
those parts long before them. This is the same process of
syncretism which allowed the Israelite patriarch Abraham to
identify the god with whom he had made a special covenant with
the El Elyon ("God Most High") worshipped at
Salem--or which allowed some Jews in the first century B.C. to
identify their god with Zeus.
http://www.uwp.edu/academic/english/canary/myth-origins.htm
The
Olympians
James W. Jackson
- Zeus.............................Jove,Jupiter
- Hera.............................Juno,
Sister and Wife
- Apollo...........................Apollo,son
by Leto
- Artemis.........................Diana,
twin to Apollo
- Ares.............................Mars,
son by Hera
- Hephaestus...................Vulcan,
son by Hera
- Aphrodite.......................Venus
- Hermes.........................Mercury,
son by Maia
- Demeter.......................
Ceres, sister
- Poseidon......................
Neptune, brother
- Dionysus.......................Bacchus,
son by Semele
- Athena..........................Minerva,
daughter by Metis
Other
important deities:
.......GREEK.......................LATIN................SPECIAL
CONCERN
- Hestia......................Vesta
.........................hearth
- Eros.........................Amor..........................love
- Hades......................Pluto...........................underworld
- Persephone..............Perserpina...................spring
- Pan.........................Pan..............................flocks
- Selene.....................Luna............................moon
- Helios......................Sol..............................sun
Mortals
who perhaps became gods:
- Herakles........................Hercules....................
labor
- Asklepios
..................... Aesculapius.................
healing
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http://jcccnet.johnco.cc.ks.us/~jjackson/oly.html
Lexikon
der griechischen Mythologie
http://www.pyrrhon.de/greek/
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