A Book of Myths'A Book of Myths' is a collection of myths from European countries, predominantly that which hailed from Ancient Greece. Featured titles include 'Pygmalion', 'Perseus the Hero', 'King Midas of the Golden Touch', 'Icarus', 'Beowulf', 'Lorelei', and 'The Death of Baldur'. |
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... earth made gods of their heroes and not unfrequently endowed these gods with as many of the vices as of the virtues of their worshippers . As we read the myths of the East and the West we find ever the same story . That portion of the ...
... earth made gods of their heroes and not unfrequently endowed these gods with as many of the vices as of the virtues of their worshippers . As we read the myths of the East and the West we find ever the same story . That portion of the ...
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... earth, the sea, and the sky into one perfect whole. A giant race, a race of Titans, in time populated this newly-made earth, and of these one of the mightiest was Prometheus. To him, and to his brother Epimethus, was entrusted by Eros ...
... earth, the sea, and the sky into one perfect whole. A giant race, a race of Titans, in time populated this newly-made earth, and of these one of the mightiest was Prometheus. To him, and to his brother Epimethus, was entrusted by Eros ...
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... earth . " We shall give Fire to the Man whom we have made , " he said to Epimethus . To Epimethus this seemed an impossibility , but to Prometheus nothing was impossible . He bided his time and , unseen by the gods , he made his way ...
... earth . " We shall give Fire to the Man whom we have made , " he said to Epimethus . To Epimethus this seemed an impossibility , but to Prometheus nothing was impossible . He bided his time and , unseen by the gods , he made his way ...
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... earth , worthy indeed of the deathless gods who had created her . Perfect , too , was the happiness that she brought with her to Epimethus . Before her coming , as he well knew now , the fair world had been incomplete . Since she came ...
... earth , worthy indeed of the deathless gods who had created her . Perfect , too , was the happiness that she brought with her to Epimethus . Before her coming , as he well knew now , the fair world had been incomplete . Since she came ...
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... earth in order that she might bestow on this dear world, on the men who lived on it, and on her own magnificent Titan, happiness and blessings which only the minds of gods could have conceived? Thus did there come a day when Pandora ...
... earth in order that she might bestow on this dear world, on the men who lived on it, and on her own magnificent Titan, happiness and blessings which only the minds of gods could have conceived? Thus did there come a day when Pandora ...
Contents
ENDYMION | |
APOLLO AND DAPHNE | |
THE CALYDONIAN HUNT | |
ARACHNE | |
ARETHUSA | |
NIOBE | |
KING MIDAS OF THE GOLDEN TOUCH | |
CEYX AND HALCYONE | |
ARISTÆUS THE BEEKEEPER | |
LATONA AND THE RUSTICS | |
ICARUS | |
CLYTIE | |
THE DEATH OF ADONIS | |
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Acrisius Aphrodite Apollo Arachne Aristæus arms Atalanta Baldur beautiful Beowulf birds Cathbad chariot Charlemagne child children of Lîr Conor creature cried cruel Dædalus dark daughter dead dear death Deirdrê Diana dreams earth Echo Emain Macha Erin Eros Eurydice evil eyes face fair father fear fierce FIONA MACLEOD flowers Freya Ganelon gazed goddess gods gold golden Grendel grew grey Halcyone hand happiness heard heart hero honour Hrothgar Hyacinthus king knew land Lavarcam listened live looked Marpessa Meleager Midas mighty mother mountain Naoise never night nymphs Odin Olympus Orpheus passed Perseus Phaeton Polydectes Proserpine Psyche queen river Roland rushed Sea of Moyle silver slay sleep smiled song Sons of Usna sorrow soul spoke stood story sweet sword Table of Contents thee thine thing thou told trees voice warriors wind wings woman words Zeus