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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... HERO NIOBE HYACINTHUS KING MIDAS OF THE GOLDEN TOUCH CEYX AND HALCYONE ARISTÆUS THE BEE - KEEPER PROSERPINE LATONA AND THE RUSTICS ECHO AND NARCISSUS ICARUS CLYTIE THE CRANES OF IBYCUS SYRINX THE DEATH OF ADONIS PAN LORELEI FREYA, QUEEN ...
... HERO NIOBE HYACINTHUS KING MIDAS OF THE GOLDEN TOUCH CEYX AND HALCYONE ARISTÆUS THE BEE - KEEPER PROSERPINE LATONA AND THE RUSTICS ECHO AND NARCISSUS ICARUS CLYTIE THE CRANES OF IBYCUS SYRINX THE DEATH OF ADONIS PAN LORELEI FREYA, QUEEN ...
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... 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 ancient Aryan race which ...
... 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 ancient Aryan race which ...
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... Heroes and of Hawthorne's Tanglewood Tales. Later on, we find in Shakespeare, Spenser, Milton, Keats, Shelley, Longfellow, Tennyson, Mrs. Browning, and a host of other writers, constant allusion to the stories of the gods. Scarcely a ...
... Heroes and of Hawthorne's Tanglewood Tales. Later on, we find in Shakespeare, Spenser, Milton, Keats, Shelley, Longfellow, Tennyson, Mrs. Browning, and a host of other writers, constant allusion to the stories of the gods. Scarcely a ...
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... heroes who fought and died in the Valley of the Scamander came in time to be regarded not as men , but as gods . There is no tale in all the world's mythology finer than the tale that began in August 1914. How future generations will ...
... heroes who fought and died in the Valley of the Scamander came in time to be regarded not as men , but as gods . There is no tale in all the world's mythology finer than the tale that began in August 1914. How future generations will ...
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... hero - a worthy descendant of Titans - said in later years , " Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes , ” — “ I fear the Greeks , even when they bring gifts . " And Prometheus , the greatly - daring , knowing that he merited the anger of the ...
... hero - a worthy descendant of Titans - said in later years , " Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes , ” — “ I fear the Greeks , even when they bring gifts . " And Prometheus , the greatly - daring , knowing that he merited the anger of the ...
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