cover image A Pocket Dictionary of Greek and Roman Gods and Goddesses

A Pocket Dictionary of Greek and Roman Gods and Goddesses

Richard Woff. J. Paul Getty Trust Publications, $9.95 (48pp) ISBN 978-0-89236-706-1

Legends from another ancient culture fill A Pocket Dictionary of Greek and Roman Gods and Goddesses by Richard Wolff. More than 40 deities are grouped into categories such as ""The Twelve Olympians,"" ""Gods Among Humans"" and ""Foreign Gods and Goddesses"" (which includes an entry on ""The Christian God""). For cases in which the Greeks and Romans shared a god, the Greek name is listed first, as in ""Hermes/Mercury."" Photos of ancient vases, paintings, sculptures and more, depicting the appropriate god, adorn each entry.