Ancient Greece
Hestia: Goddess of the Hearth and Home
Table of Contents Firstborn and Last Freed Goddess of the Hearth Fire Refusing Marriage Giving Up Her Seat to Dionysus ...
Hermes: Messenger God and Master of Boundaries
Table of Contents Son of Zeus and Maia Stealing Apollo’s Cattle God of Travelers, Trade, and Thieves Messenger of the ...
Hephaestus: God of the Forge and Craftsmanship
Table of Contents Cast Out From Olympus God of Fire and the Forge Creator of the Gods’ Greatest Objects Married ...
Aphrodite: Goddess of Love and Desire
Table of Contents Two Competing Origin Stories Married to Hephaestus, Loving Ares Mother of Eros, and a Genealogical Layering The ...
Ares: God of War’s Violence and Chaos
Table of Contents Son of Zeus and Hera War as Chaos, Not Strategy Caught in Hephaestus’s Net Children Who Personify ...
Artemis: Goddess of the Hunt and the Wild
Table of Contents Twin Sister of Apollo Goddess of the Hunt and Wild Places Actaeon and the Price of an ...
Apollo: God of Prophecy, Music, and Light
Table of Contents Twin Son of Zeus and Leto Claiming Delphi The Pythia and the Mechanics of Prophecy God of ...
The Twelve Olympians: Greek Mythology’s Ruling Gods
Table of Contents The Original Six: Children of Cronus and Rhea The Second Generation: Zeus’s Olympian Children Why the “Twelve” ...
Zeus: King of the Olympian Gods
Table of Contents A Family Resemblance Across Continents From Cretan Cave to Olympian Throne The Titanomachy: A War Fought With ...
Hera: Queen of the Olympian Gods
Table of Contents A Goddess Older Than Her Marriage The Archaeology of Her Cult: Bigger Than the Myths Suggest Reading ...
