Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 2 of 3 Olympus; or, the Religion of the Homeric Age by W. E. Gladstone

Author:W. E. Gladstone
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Homer, Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism, Civilization, Homeric
Published: 2015-09-01T16:00:00+00:00

II. Deities of traditional basis, but with development principally mythological or inventive.

1. Jupiter.

2. Neptune.

3. Aidoneus, or Pluto.

4. Diana.

5. Persephone.*

III. Deities of invention, or mythology proper.

1. Juno.

2. Mars.

3. Mercury.

4. Vulcan.

5. Venus.

6. Demeter.

7. Themis.

8. Ἠέλιος.

9. Paieon.

10. Dione.

11. Hebe.

12. Eris, or Enuo.*

13. Dionysus.*

Those three names, which are marked with an asterisk, appear to have only a more or less disputable title to a seat in Olympus.

Outside, so to speak, of Olympus and its Court, we may classify the superhuman intelligences of Homer as follows: observing, however, that the minor deities who represent natural powers, if thoroughly personified, give their attendance in Olympus on high occasions, and help to form its great Chapter or Parliament.

They may be thrown into the six following classes:

1. The greater impersonations of natural powers, and of ideas; with their reflections, where such have been formed, in the feminine. These are

Oceanus and Tethys.

Κρόνος and Ῥέα.

Ouranos and Gaia (not Earth, but rather Land).

Nereus and Amphitrite.

We are not authorized by Homer to associate either of these last couples as husband and wife. We have to add:

Destiny, (which also has a place in the fifth class,) Dream, Sleep, Death, Terror, Panic, Rumour, Din, Uproar.

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