Greek God Dionysus (Bacchus)
This story is very differently told from the story of Demeter. Dionysus was the last god to enter Olympus. Homer…
The Rape of Persephone (Proserpine)
Hermes found the two sitting side by side, Persephone shrinking away, reluctant because she longed for her mother. At Hermes’…
Greek Goddess Demeter (Ceres)
This story is told only in a very early poem, one of the earliest of the Homeric Hymns, dating from…
The Roman Gods
The Twelve great Olympians mentioned earlier were turned into Roman gods also. The influence of Greek art and literature became…
The Greek and Roman Writers of Mythology
Most of the books about the stories of classical mythology depend chiefly upon the Latin poet Ovid, who wrote during…