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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... head a long veil , skilfully fashioned and admirable to see ; she crowned her forehead with graceful garlands of newly - opened flowers and a golden diadem that the lame Vulcan , the illustrious god , had made with his own hands to ...
... head a long veil , skilfully fashioned and admirable to see ; she crowned her forehead with graceful garlands of newly - opened flowers and a golden diadem that the lame Vulcan , the illustrious god , had made with his own hands to ...
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... head of the marble woman that he loved . So the time wore on until the festival of Aphrodite drew near . Smoke from many altars curled out to sea , the odour of incense mingled with the fragrance of the great pine trees , and garlanded ...
... head of the marble woman that he loved . So the time wore on until the festival of Aphrodite drew near . Smoke from many altars curled out to sea , the odour of incense mingled with the fragrance of the great pine trees , and garlanded ...
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... head aloft and gaze fearlessly up at the brazen sky from whence fierce heat beat down upon his golden head. “Behold, my father drives his chariot across the heavens!” he proudly proclaimed. “In a little while I, also, will drive the ...
... head aloft and gaze fearlessly up at the brazen sky from whence fierce heat beat down upon his golden head. “Behold, my father drives his chariot across the heavens!” he proudly proclaimed. “In a little while I, also, will drive the ...
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... head wreathed with flowers ; Summer , crowned with ripened grain ; Autumn , with his feet empurpled by the juice of the grapes ; and Winter , with hair all white and stiff with hoar - frost . And when Phaeton walked up the golden steps ...
... head wreathed with flowers ; Summer , crowned with ripened grain ; Autumn , with his feet empurpled by the juice of the grapes ; and Winter , with hair all white and stiff with hoar - frost . And when Phaeton walked up the golden steps ...
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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