Classical mythology

The term classical mythology usually includes Greek mythology and Roman mythology . This summary is explained by the Interpretatio Romana , the fact that the Romans adopted many of the Greek deities.

Here are some examples:

Greek mythology	Roman mythology	description
Hera	Juno	Wife and sister of Zeus at the same time
Ares	Mars	God of terrible war, bloodbath and massacre
Hephaestus	Vulcanus	God of fire and blacksmithing
Aphrodite	Venus	Goddess of love, beauty and sensual desire
Poseidon	Neptune	God of the sea, brother of Zeus and one of the twelve Olympian deities
Athena	Minerva	Goddess of wisdom, strategy and struggle, art, craft and handicraft
Dionysus	Bacchus	God of wine, joy, grapes, fertility, madness and ecstasy
Demeter	Ceres	Goddess for the fertility of the earth, the grain, the seeds and the seasons
Hermes	Mercury	Patron god of traffic, travelers, merchants and shepherds, on the other hand also the god of thieves
Pluton ( Hades )	Pluto	God of the dead in the depths of the earth
Hestia	Vesta	Goddess of the family and state hearth, the hearth and sacrificial fire
Apollo	Apollo	God of light, healing, spring, moral purity and temperance, as well as prophecy and the arts
Artemis	Diana	Goddess of the hunt, the forest, childbirth and the moon and the guardian of women and children
Eros	Cupid	God of covetous love
Nike	Victoria	Goddess of victory
Pan	Faunus	Shepherd god, a hybrid of a human upper body and a ram or billy goat
Eos	Aurora	Goddess of the dawn
Tyche	Fortuna	Goddess of destiny, lucky (or bad) fortune and chance
Lift	Iuventas	Goddess of youth, "the goddess with the rose cheeks"
Selene	Luna	Moon goddess
Kronos	Saturnus	The youngest son of Gaia (earth) and Uranus (heaven), leader of the Titans and father of Zeus
Persephone	Proserpine	Goddess of the dead, underworld and fertility
Gaia	Tellus	The personified earth and one of the first deities
Palaimon	Portunus	Melikertes , the son of Ino , the nurse of Dionysus, transformed into a sea deity
Rhea	Ops	Daughter of Gaia and Uranus and the wife of her brother Kronos
Dike	Lady Justice	Personification of Justice
Eris	Discordia	Goddess of discord and strife
Peitho	Suada	Goddess of erotic persuasion

literature

Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC). Artemis-Verlag, Zurich 1981–1999, ISBN 3-7608-8751-1 (9 vols.)
Michael Grant and John Hazel: Lexicon of Ancient Myths and Figures. 17th edition Dtv, Munich 2003, ISBN 978-3-423-32508-0 .
Robert von Ranke-Graves : Greek Mythology. Sources and Interpretation. Anaconda Editorial, Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-86647-211-2 .
Mark PO Morford, Robert J. Lenardon, Michael Sham: Classical Mythology. Eleventh edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2018, ISBN 9780190851644

Web links

Portal: Mythology - Overview of Wikipedia content on the topic of mythology

Wikisource: Greek and Roman Mythology - Sources and Full Texts