. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. t remember, when we read storiesof the gods, that to the ancients these super-natural beings were not of necessity better,purer, more self-controlled than men. Theywere only stronger, more clever, more re-sourceful. When they were angry, they weremore angry than men; when they loved, theyloved more fiercely; when they were jealousthey were more bitter, more relentless, thanmen. In fact, the beings whom the ancientsworshiped as gods were
. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. t remember, when we read storiesof the gods, that to the ancients these super-natural beings were not of necessity better,purer, more self-controlled than men. Theywere only stronger, more clever, more re-sourceful. When they were angry, they weremore angry than men; when they loved, theyloved more fiercely; when they were jealousthey were more bitter, more relentless, thanmen. In fact, the beings whom the ancientsworshiped as gods were simply beings whodid what the people who created them wouldhave done had they been powerful explanation given in classic mythologyof the beginning of all things is that in thebeginning there was a vast abyss, known asChaos. There arose first Earth (Gaea) andlove, and from these came heaven and themountains, the seas, the fields, the animalsand vegetation. Of Chaos were born Erebusand Nox (night), and from these in turnsprang light and day. The Titans, childrenof Uranus (heaven) and Gaea, were twelvein number, and by one of these Titans, Sat-. ^1 164 MYTHOLOGY 2450 MYTHOLOGY urn, Uranus was at length dethroned. Sat-urn, with Rhea, his sister and wife, reignedfor a time supreme, until he in turn was de-throned by Jupiter, his youngest son. Ju-piter divided the universe by lot, he himselfrecei-ving the earth and the heavens, Nep-tune the sea, and Pluto, Hades, the lowerworld. Jupiter was supreme, however, overhis two brothers and over all the other greatgods, of many of whom he was the , his sister and wife, was the queen ofheaven. The great gods who dwelt on Olym-pus were Jupiter, Juno, Minerva, Mars, Vvd-can, Apollo, Diana, Venus, Mercury andVesta. One of the best-known stories of Jupiter,the king of gods and men, is that of , too, enters into this story. story of Europa Europa, the daughter of Agenor, king ofPhoenicia, was so beautiful and c
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