Thursday, December 9, 2010

Ares/Mars; Aphrodite/Venus; Hephaestus/Vulcan/Mulciber


The Romans liked Mars better than the Greeks liked Ares. [...] He had no cities where he was worshiped. [...] Appropriately, his bird was the vulture. The dog was wronged by being chosen as his animal.
Edith Hamilton (34-35)

Ares: p.p. 34-35
Amazons: p.p. 128
siding with Aphrodite: 191




The Goddess of Love and Beauty, who beguiled all, gods and men alike [...] The myrtle was her tree; the dove her bird—sometimes, too, the sparrow and the swan.
--Edith Hamilton (32-33)

Aphrodite: 32-33
Adonis: 94-95



The God of Fire, [...] Among the perfectly beautiful immortals he only was ugly. He was lame as well. [...] In his workshop he has handmaidens he has forged out of gold who can move and who help him in his work.

Hephaestus: p. 35

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