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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... seemed one little year ago , now seem the old stories of sunny Greece . But if we have studied the strange transmogrification of the ancient gods , we can look with interest , if with horror , at the Teuton representation of the GOD in ...
... seemed one little year ago , now seem the old stories of sunny Greece . But if we have studied the strange transmogrification of the ancient gods , we can look with interest , if with horror , at the Teuton representation of the GOD in ...
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... seemed an impossibility , but to Prometheus nothing was impossible . He bided his time and , unseen by the gods , he made his way into Olympus , lighted a hollow torch with a spark from the chariot of the Sun and hastened back to earth ...
... seemed an impossibility , but to Prometheus nothing was impossible . He bided his time and , unseen by the gods , he made his way into Olympus , lighted a hollow torch with a spark from the chariot of the Sun and hastened back to earth ...
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... seemed years, torture and solitude, Scorn and despair,—these are mine empire. More glorious far than that which thou surveyest From thine unenvied throne, O, Mighty God! Almighty, had I deigned to share the shame Of thine ill tyranny ...
... seemed years, torture and solitude, Scorn and despair,—these are mine empire. More glorious far than that which thou surveyest From thine unenvied throne, O, Mighty God! Almighty, had I deigned to share the shame Of thine ill tyranny ...
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... seemed to him most beautiful and the most worth preserving. When we look now at the Venus of Milo, at the Diana of Versailles, and at the Apollo Belvidere in the Vatican, we can imagine what were the greater things that the sculptor of ...
... seemed to him most beautiful and the most worth preserving. When we look now at the Venus of Milo, at the Diana of Versailles, and at the Apollo Belvidere in the Vatican, we can imagine what were the greater things that the sculptor of ...
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... seemed as though she met his eyes with her own ; almost it seemed that she smiled at him in welcome . He quickly went up to her and , kneeling by her side , he pressed his lips on those lips of chilly marble . So many times he had done ...
... seemed as though she met his eyes with her own ; almost it seemed that she smiled at him in welcome . He quickly went up to her and , kneeling by her side , he pressed his lips on those lips of chilly marble . So many times he had done ...
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