Messianic traditions of the Hebrews 49 To be learned from three sources 49 Attributes ascribed to the Messiah 51 The deities of tradition in Homer 54 Minerva and Apollo jointly form the key 55 Notes of their Olympian rank 56 Of their higher antiquity 57 The Secondaries of Minerva 59 The Secondaries of Apollo 60 Argument from the Secondaries 63 Picture of human society in Olympus 64 Dignity and precedence of Minerva 66 Of Apollo 69 Minerva’s relations of will and affection with Jupiter 70 Those of Apollo 71 Apollo the Deliverer of Heaven 72 Power of Minerva in the Shades 73 These deities are never foiled by others 74 The special honour of the Trine Invocation 78 They receive universal worship 79 They are not localized in any abode 82 They are objects together with Jupiter of habitual prayer 83 Exempt from appetite and physical limitations 86 Their manner of appreciating sacrifice 88 Their independent power of punishment 90 They handle special attributes of Jupiter 94 They exercise dominion over nature 98 Relation of Apollo (with Diana) to Death 101 Exemption from the use of second causes 104 Superiority of their moral standard 105 Special relation of Apollo to Diana 108 Disintegration of primitive traditions 108 The Legend of Alcyone 111 Place of Minerva and Apollo in Providential government 113 It is frequently ascribed to them 115 Especially the inner parts of it to Minerva 117 Apollo’s gift of knowledge 119 Intimacy of Minerva’s personal relations with man 121 Form of their relation to their attributes 122 The capacity to attract new ones 124 Wide range of their functions 125 Tradition of the Sun 126 The central wisdom of Minerva 129 The three characters of Apollo 130 The opposition between two of them 131