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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... looked wonderingly round on the earth that was to be his heritage. Prometheus, proud of the beautiful thing of his own creation, would fain have given Man a worthy gift, but no gift remained for him. He was naked, unprotected, more ...
... looked wonderingly round on the earth that was to be his heritage. Prometheus, proud of the beautiful thing of his own creation, would fain have given Man a worthy gift, but no gift remained for him. He was naked, unprotected, more ...
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... looked down on the earth and saw , with wonder , airy columns of blue - grey smoke that curled upwards to the sky . He watched more closely , and realised with terrible wrath that the moving flowers of red and gold that he saw in that ...
... looked down on the earth and saw , with wonder , airy columns of blue - grey smoke that curled upwards to the sky . He watched more closely , and realised with terrible wrath that the moving flowers of red and gold that he saw in that ...
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... looked wonderingly back into his own as if they were indeed as innocent as two violets wet with the morning dew , hardened his great heart , and would have none of her . As a hero - a worthy descendant of Titans - said in later years ...
... looked wonderingly back into his own as if they were indeed as innocent as two violets wet with the morning dew , hardened his great heart , and would have none of her . As a hero - a worthy descendant of Titans - said in later years ...
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... a dung-heap. And as Pandora, white- lipped and trembling, looked into the otherwise empty box, courage came back to her heart, and Epimethus let fall to his side the arm that would have slain the woman of his love because there.
... a dung-heap. And as Pandora, white- lipped and trembling, looked into the otherwise empty box, courage came back to her heart, and Epimethus let fall to his side the arm that would have slain the woman of his love because there.
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... looked in his eyes with the arrogant fearlessness of boyhood , the god greeted him kindly and asked him to tell him why he came , and what was his petition . As to Clymene , so also to Apollo , Phaeton told his tale , and his father ...
... looked in his eyes with the arrogant fearlessness of boyhood , the god greeted him kindly and asked him to tell him why he came , and what was his petition . As to Clymene , so also to Apollo , Phaeton told his tale , and his father ...
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