- Faunus – Mythopedia
Faunus was a rustic Roman god of forests and woodlands, responsible for protecting flocks The half-man, half-goat Faunus was identified with the Greek god Pan from a relatively early period
- Evander – Mythopedia
Evander, son of Hermes, was a wise Arcadian who fled his homeland and immigrated to Italy There he built the city of Pallantium on the site that would eventually become Rome When the hero Aeneas later arrived in Italy, Evander supported him in his war against Turnus; but this support cost Evander the life of his son Pallas, who was killed in battle
- Pan – Mythopedia
Pan was the infamous god of shepherds and goatherds who hailed from Arcadia He was part-human and part-goat, and his days in the woods and countryside were spent singing, dancing, hunting, chasing nymphs, and playing his reed pipes
- Jupiter – Mythopedia
Jupiter was the supreme god of the Roman pantheon, a god of the sky and weather and the champion of Rome and its empire His Greek counterpart was Zeus
- Roman God Names - Mythopedia
Journey to ancient Rome with our Roman god name generator and craft character names befitting the deities of one of the greatest empires in history
- Nereids – Mythopedia
The Nereids were the fifty daughters of the sea gods Nereus and Doris Numbered among the nymphs—female divinities who took the form of beautiful young women—the Nereids were widely regarded as kind and helpful sea deities The most famous among them were Amphitrite, Galatea, and Thetis
- Satyrs and Silens – Mythopedia
Satyrs and silens were hybrid creatures—part human and part horse—who served as companions of the wine god Dionysus They lived in the forest, where they gained a reputation for revelry and for chasing after beautiful nymphs and Maenads
- Metamorphoses: Book 6 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Yet I enquir’d to whom the altar stood, Faunus, the Naids, or some native God? No silvan deity, my friend replies, Enshrin’d within this hallow’d altar lies For this, o youth, to that fam’d Goddess stands, Whom, at th’ imperial Juno’s rough commands, Of ev’ry quarter of the Earth bereav’d, Delos, the floating isle, at length
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