CONTENTS
STORIES OF GODS AND HEROES
CHAPTER PAGE
I. Introduction 1
II. Prometheus and Pandora 12
III. Apollo and Daphne―Pyramus and Thisbe―Cephalus and
Procris 19
IV. Juno and her Rivals, Io and Callisto―Diana and Actæon―Latona
and the Rustics 28
V. Pha?ton 38
VI. Midas―Baucis and Philemon 46
VII. Proserpine―Glaucus and Scylla 52
VIII. Pygmalion―Dryope―Venus and Adonis―Apollo and Hyacinthus 62
IX. Ceyx and Halcyone 69
X. Vertumnus and Pomona―Iphis and Anaxarete 76
XI. Cupid and Psyche 80
XII. Cadmus―The Myrmidons 91
XIII. Nisus and Scylla―Echo and Narcissus―Clytie―Hero and
Leander 98
XIV. Minerva and Arachne―Niobe 107
XV. The Grææ and Gorgons―Perseus and Medusa―Atlas―
Andromeda 115
XVI. Monsters: Giants―Sphinx―Pegasus and Chimæra―Centaurs―
Griffin―Pygmies 122
XVII. The Golden Fleece―Medea 129
XVIII. Meleager and Atalanta 138
XIX. Hercules―Hebe and Ganymede 143
XX. Theseus and Dædalus―Castor and Pollux―Festivals and Games 150
XXI. Bacchus and Ariadne 160
XXII. The Rural Deities―The Dryads and Erisichthon―Rhœcus―Water
Deities―Camenæ―Winds 166
XXIII. Achelous and Hercules―Admetus and Alcestis―Antigone―
Penelope 177
XXIV. Orpheus and Eurydice―Aristæus―Amphion―Linus―Thamyris―
Marsyas―Melampus―Musæus 185
XXV. Arion―Ibycus―Simonides―Sappho 194
XXVI. Endymion―Orion―Aurora and Tithonus―Acis and Galatea 204
XXVII. The Trojan War 211
XXVIII. The Fall of Troy―Return of the Greeks―Orestes and Electra 227
XXIX. Adventures of Ulysses―The Lotus- eaters―The Cyclopes―
Circe―Sirens―Scylla and Charybdis―Calypso 236
XXX. The Phæacians―Fate of the Suitors 247
XXXI. Adventures of Æneas―The Harpies―Dido―Palinurus 258
XXXII. The Infernal Regions―The Sibyl 266
XXXIII. Æneas in Italy―Camilla―Evander―Nisus and Euryalus―
Mezentius―Turnus 276
XXXIV. Pythagoras―Egyptian Deities―Oracles 288
XXXV. Origin of Mythology―Statues of Gods and Goddesses―Poets of
Mythology 300
XXXVI. Monsters (modern)―The Phœnix―Basilisk―Unicorn―
Salamander 310
XXXVII. Eastern Mythology―Zoroaster―Hindu Mythology―Castes―
Buddha―The Grand Lama―Prester John 318
XXXVIII. Northern Mythology―Valhalla―The Valkyrior 328
XXXIX. Thor’s Visit to Jotunheim 337
XL.
The Death of Baldur―The Elves―Runic Letters―Skalds―
Iceland―Teutonic Mythology―The Nibelungen Lied―Wagner’s
Nibelungen Ring
343
XLI. The Druids―Iona 358
KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. Introduction 367
II. The Mythical History of England 378
III. Merlin 389
IV. Arthur 394
V. Arthur (Continued) 405
VI. Sir Gawain 414
VII. Caradoc Briefbras; or, Caradoc with the Shrunken Arm 418
VIII. Launcelot of the Lake 424