Cults Myths and Legends of Ancient Sicily
by Ignazio Caloggero

Taken from Cults and Myths of Ancient Sicily by Ignazio Caloggero

Book written in 1995 and published in its first edition in 2017 (Publisher Centro Studi Helios ISBN: 9788894321913) Currently in reissue (2020)

PRESENTATION

INTRODUCTION

1. RELIGION IN ANCIENT SICILY

2. CULTS OF INDIGENOUS ORIGIN

 2.1 Demeter and Persephone (Ceres and Libera)  

2.2 Daphnis 

2.3 The Palici 

2.4 adrano

2.5 Ibla

3. MAIN HELLENIC CULTS

3.1 Cronos (Saturn)

3.2 Zeus (Jupiter)  

3.3 Era (Juno)

3.4 Dionysus (Free) 

3.5 Artemis (Diana)

3.6 Hermes (Mercury) 

3.7 Ares (Mars)

3.8 Athena (Minerva)

3.9 Poseidon (Neptune)

3.10 Apollo

3.11 Aphrodite (Venus)

3.12 Cybele (Great Mother)

3.13 Hephaestus (Vulcan)

3.14 Asclepius (Aesculapius)

3.15 The Dioscuri

4. CULTS OF EASTERN ORIGIN

4.1 Baal

4.2 Tanit

4.3 Isis

4.4 Serapis

5. MINOR CULTS AND MYTHS

5.1 Rea

5.2 Hygiea

5.3 Helios

5.4 Bread

5.5 Gaia

5.6 Pluto

5.7 The Galeots  

5.8 The Sibyl of Lillibeo

6. HEROES AND MINOR CHARACTERS

6.1 Erice

6.2 Aristaeus

6.3 The Pious Brothers  

6.4 Orion

Under review:

 6.5 Heracles (Hercules)

6.6 Daedalus and Minos

6.7 Polyphemus

6.8 Enceladus and Tifeo

7. Nymphs and river gods

7.1 Cyane  

 7.2 Arethusa

7.3 Hymera

7.4 Etna

7.5 Galatea and Aci

7.6 Camarina

7.7 Crime

7.8 Chrisa

7.9 Freezes

7.10 Longanes

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ignazio Caloggero