The Classic Myths in English Literature

Charles Mills Gayley

Ginn, 1896 - English literature - 540 pages

THE ORIGIN AND ELEMENTS OF MYTH	1

118	10

THE DISTRIBUTION OF MYTHS	19

GREEK MYTHS OF THE CREATION 3750	37

Origin of the Gods	38

The Rule of Cronus	39

The War of the Titans	40

The Origin of Man	42

Clytie Lines by Thomas Moore	141

The Flight of Arethusa Shelleys Arethusa	142

The Fate of Acteon	145

The Fortunes and Death of Orion	146

MYTHS OF THE GREAT DIVINITIES OF	174

FROM THE EARTH TO THE UNDER	181

MYTHS OF NEPTUNE RULER OF	189

MYTHS OF THE LESSER DIVINITIES	200

The Age of Gold	43

The Silver Age	44

Longfellows Prometheus	46

The Brazen Age	48

Deucalion and Pyrrha	49

ATTRIBUTES OF THE GODS OF HEAVEN 5173	51

The Great Gods	52

Juno Hera	54

Minerva Athene	56

Mars Ares	57

37 Vulcan Hephaestus	58

Phoebus Apollo Shelleys Hymn of Apollo	59

Diana Artemis Ben Jonsons Hymn to Diana	63

Venus Aphrodite Extract from Sills Venus of Milo	66

Mercury Hermes	66

Vesta Hestia	69

Lesser Divinities of Heaven Gosses Eros	70

Lines by Spenser	71

THE ROMAN DIVINITIES	88

MYTHS OF THE GREAT DIVINITIES	90

�gina	100

Antiope Lines from Tennysons Amphion	102

Jupiter a friend of man Baucis and Philemon Lines from Swifts Baucis and Philemon	105

Junos Best Gift Lines from Gosses Sons of Cydippe	108

The Contest with Neptune Arachne Extract from Spensers Muiopotmos	109

Mars and Minerva Extract from Lang Leaf Myers Iliad	113

Mars and Mortals The Fortunes of Cadmus	114

Myths of Vulcan	117

The Wanderings of Latona	118

Apollo the Light Triumphant	119

Hyacinthus I 20	120

75 Pha�ton	121

The Plague sent upon the Greeks before Troy Extract	125

from Lang Leaf Myers Iliad	126

78 The Lamentation of Linus	129

Esculapius	130

Admetus and Alcestis Extracts from Brownings Balaus tions Adventure	133

Apollo the Musician	136

The Loves of Apollo	138

MYTHS OF THE LESSER DIVINITIES	215

Glaucus and Scylla Extract from Keats Endymion	217

Nisus and Scylla	219

Proteus and Arist�us	220

Achelo�s Lines from Mil	222

MYTHS OF THE OLDER HEROES 223243	223

The Dana�ds	224

134 The Doom of King Acrisius	225

Perseus and Atlas	227

Perseus and Andromeda Lines from Miltons Il Pen serosa and Comus Kingsleys Andromeda and Mil	229

138 Bellerophon and the Chim�ra	231

Youth and Labors	234

His Later Exploits	239

The Expedition against Laomedon	240

The Death of Hercules Lines from Milton and from S G Bulfinchs Schillers Ideal and Life	241

THE FAMILY OF �OLUS 244249	244

Medea and �son	247

Pelias Lines from Shakespeares Macbeth	248

THE FAMILY OF �TOLUS 250254	250

THE HOUSE OF MINOS 255257	255

THE HOUSE OF LABDACUS 269272	269

MYTHS OF THE YOUNGER HEROES 273276	273

HOUSES CONCERNED IN THE TRO	277

THE TROJAN WAR 284302	284

THE FALL OF TROY 303312	303

THE WANDERINGS OF ULYSSES 313337	313

ADVENTURES OF ENEAS 338353	338

THE WAR BETWEEN TROJANS	354

MYTHS OF THE NORSE GODS 366391	366

MYTHS OF NORSE AND OLD GER	392

283	413

77	444

RULES FOR THE PRONUNCIATION OF GREEK	493

The Calydonian Hunt Extracts from Swinburnes Ata lanta in Calydon 250	498

7884	507

94	514

INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS AND ARTISTS	527

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Title	The Classic Myths in English Literature
Editor	Charles Mills Gayley
Edition	4
Publisher	Ginn, 1896
Original from	the University of Virginia
Digitized	25 Jun 2008
Length	540 pages

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