Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 2 of 3 Olympus
W. E. (William Ewart) Gladstone
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 2 of 3 Olympus
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STUDIES ON HOMER AND THE HOMERIC AGE.
THE CONTENTS.
SECT. I. On the Mixed Character of the Supernatural System, or Theo-Mythology, of Homer.
SECT. II. The traditive Element of the Homeric Theo-mythology.
SECT. III. The inventive Element of the Homeric Theo-mythology.
Jupiter.
Juno.
Neptune.
Aidoneus.
Demeter, or Ceres.
Persephone.
Mars.
Mercury.
Venus.
Vulcan.
Ἠέλιος, or the Sun.
Dionysus or Bacchus.
SECT. IV. The Composition of the Olympian Court: and the Classification of the whole Supernatural Order in Homer.
SECT. V. The Olympian Community and its Members, considered in themselves.
SECT. VI. The Olympian Community and its Members, considered in their influence on human society and conduct.
SECT. VII. On the traces of an origin abroad for the Olympian Religion.
SECT. VIII. The Morals of the Homeric Age.
SECT. IX. Woman in the Homeric age.
SECT. X. The office of the Homeric Poems in relation to that of the early Books of Holy Scripture.
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