For your consideration is the antique, 1885 card game, THE GAME OF MYTHOLOGY: ROMAN AND GREEK by CHAUTAUQUA PREESS of Boston, Massachusetts.  The game is complete with a 4-page instruction booklet and 100 cards, grouped as follows:


Sets of 6 (12)

Ceres, Diana, Juno, Minerva, Venus, Vesta [Major Goddesses]

Apollo, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Venus [Major Gods]


Sets of 5 (10)

Aeolus, Auster, Boreas, Eurus, Zephyrus [Wind Gods]

Calliope, Erato, Euterpe, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore [Muses]


Sets of 4 (60)

Clio, Melpomene, Thalia, Urania [Muses]

Alecto, Megaera, Nemesis, Tisiphone [Furies]

Dryads, Naiads, Nereids, Oreads [Nymphs]

Comus, Fortuna, Momus, Plutus [Pleasure, Fortune, Wit, Riches]

Adonis, Hecate, Latona, Narcissus [Youth, Goddess of Witchcraft]

Flora, Pales, Pales, Pomona, Priapus [Nature Goddesses and God]

Anteros, Cupid, Hymen, Psyche [Love, Marriage]

Cerberus (corner crease), Charon, Pluto, Proserpine [Underworld]

Aurora, Morpheus, Nox, Somnus [Morning, Dreams, Night, Sleep]

Ops, Saturn Terra, Uranus [Primordial Gods]

Box, Epimetheus, Pandora, Prometheus [Givers to Humankind]

Charybdis, Halcyones, Harpies, Scylla [Seas]

Bacchus, Pan, Silenus, Satyrs [Rural Deities]

Amphion, Arion, Musaeus, Orpheus [Poets and Musicians]

Atlas, Gorgons, Medusa, Perseus [From the Myth of Perseus]


Sets of 3 (18)

Genii, Lares, Penates [Protective. Household, Family Gods]

Aesculapius, Hygeia, Phaeton [Healing Gods]

Ganymede, Hebe, Iris [Goddesses of Youth]

Atropos, Clotho, Lachesis [Fates]

Aglaia, Euphrosyne, Thalia [Graces]

Centaurs, Hercules, Lapithae [Demi-Gods]


The game was copyrighted by R. H. Howe, a minister who served several churches in the Boston area.  The game was credited to the Chautauqua Press, 117 Franklin Street in Boston and the published was the Rand Avery Company.


I've described the game as "seldom seen" because the only other copy of it I have located is in the collection of the Strong Museum of Play (Object ID: 107.2966).  According to Worhtpointhere have been no sales of the game in the last twenty years (as far back as the records go).



CONDITION: The game is complete with 100 cards, instructions, box cover, and box bottom. There are NO box aprons. The cards are in very good condition; rubbed and lightly soiled.   The cover is rubbed and soiled. with tears along the seams; the inside flaps are fully intact.  PLEASE MOUSE OVER THE PHOTOGRAPHS FOR CONDITION DETAILS.