The Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome: Details on the Gods and Legends of Both Cultures (Timeless Classic Books)

This book provides a thorough look at the myths of the Olympian and Roman cultures, starting with the Origin of the World and going through the different dynasties and the Gods that were worshipped. We even learn about Sea Gods, Minor Divinities like the Harpies, as well as Night Gods. We see how the cultures publicly worshipped these Gods through their temples, statues, altars, sacrifices and festivals. The second part of the book focuses on the wonderful legends such as The Story of the Golden Fleece, The Siege of Troy, The Return of the Greeks from Troy, and many more. Although the illustrations are simply pen and ink line drawings of statues that represented the various Gods, we have left them in to remain true to the original book and give some details of the featured Gods as they were imagined by the Greeks and Romans of the time.