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Page 118
... queen of Ethiopia , she said , and very , very beautiful . But when the queen had boasted that no nymph who played amongst the snow - crested billows of the sea was as fair as she , a terrible punishment was sent to her . All along the ...
... queen of Ethiopia , she said , and very , very beautiful . But when the queen had boasted that no nymph who played amongst the snow - crested billows of the sea was as fair as she , a terrible punishment was sent to her . All along the ...
Page 124
... queen a familiar one in pictorial tragedy , so that as long as the works of those Titans of art , Shakespeare and Praxiteles , endure , no other monument is wanted for the memory of Niobe . Like many of the tales of mythology , her ...
... queen a familiar one in pictorial tragedy , so that as long as the works of those Titans of art , Shakespeare and Praxiteles , endure , no other monument is wanted for the memory of Niobe . Like many of the tales of mythology , her ...
Page 255
... queen herself pledged the hero in a cup of mead and gave to him the beautiful most richly jewelled collar Brisingamen , of exquisite ancient workmanship , that once was owned by Freya , queen of the gods , and a great ring of the purest ...
... queen herself pledged the hero in a cup of mead and gave to him the beautiful most richly jewelled collar Brisingamen , of exquisite ancient workmanship , that once was owned by Freya , queen of the gods , and a great ring of the purest ...
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Acrisius Aphrodite Apollo Arachne arms Atalanta Baldur beautiful Beowulf birds blood Cathbad chariot Charlemagne child children of Lîr Conor creature cried cruel dark daughter dead dear death Deirdrê Diana dreams earth Echo Emain Macha Erin Eros Eurydice evil eyes face fair father fear fell fierce flowers Freya Ganelon gazed goddess gods gold golden Grendel grew grey Halcyone hand happiness heard heart hero honour Hrothgar Hyacinthus Kemoc king knew land Lavarcam listened live Loch Etive looked Marpessa Meleager Midas mighty monster mother mountain Naoise never night nymphs Odin Olympus Orpheus palace Pallas Athené passed Perseus Phaeton Polydectes Psyche queen river Roland Sea of Moyle slay sleep smiled song Sons of Usna sorrow soul spoke stood sweet swiftly sword thee thing thou told trees voice warriors weary wind wings woman words Zephyrus Zeus