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Start of eBook	1
STORIES OF GODS AND HEROES	1
GLOSSARY	1
CHAPTER I	1
INTRODUCTION	1
ROMAN DIVINITIES	7
CHAPTER II	8
CHAPTER III	13
APOLLO AND DAPHNE	14
PYRAMUS AND THISBE	16
CEPHALUS AND PROCRIS	18
CHAPTER IV	19
CALLISTO	22
DIANA AND ACTAEON	23
LATONA AND THE RUSTICS	25
CHAPTER V	26
CHAPTER VI	32
BAUCIS AND PHILEMON	34
CHAPTER VII	36
GLAUCUS AND SCYLLA	41
CHAPTER VIII	43
DRYOPE	45
VENUS AND ADONIS	46
APOLLO AND HYACINTHUS	47
CHAPTER IX	48
CHAPTER X	53
CHAPTER XI	56
CHAPTER XII	64
THE MYRMIDONS	66
CHAPTER XIII	69
NISUS AND SCYLLA	69
ECHO AND NARCISSUS	70
CLYTIE	73
HERO AND LEANDER	74
CHAPTER XIV	75
MINERVA	75
NIOBE	78
CHAPTER XV	80
THE GRAEAE AND THE GORGONS	80
PERSEUS AND MEDUSA	81
PERSEUS AND ATLAS	81
THE SEA-MONSTER	82
THE WEDDING FEAST	84
CHAPTER XVI	85
THE SPHINX	85
PEGASUS AND THE CHIMAERA	86
THE CENTAURS	88
THE PYGMIES	88
THE GRIFFIN, OR GRYPHON	89
CHAPTER XVII	89
THE GOLDEN FLEECE	89
MEDEA AND AESON	92
CHAPTER XVIII	95
ATALANTA	97
CHAPTER XIX	99
HERCULES	99
HEBE AND GANYMEDE	103
CHAPTER XX	104
THESEUS	104
OLYMPIC AND OTHER GAMES	107
DAEDALUS	107
CASTOR AND POLLUX	109
CHAPTER XXI	110
BACCHUS	110
CHAPTER XXIX.	114
CHAPTER XXII	114
THE RURAL DEITIES	114
ERISICHTHON	116
RHOECUS	118
THE WATER DEITIES	119
NEPTUNE	119
AMPHITRITE	119
NEREUS AND DORIS	119
TRITON AND PROTEUS	119
THETIS	119
LEUCOTHEA AND PALAEMON	119
THE CAMENAE	120
THE WINDS	120
CHAPTER XXIII	121
ACHELOUS AND HERCULES	121
ADMETUS AND ALCESTIS	123
ANTIGONE	124
PENELOPE	126
CHAPTER XXIV	126
ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE	126
ARISTAEUS, THE BEE-KEEPER	129
AMPHION	131
LINUS	131
THAMYRIS	132
MARSYAS	132
MELAMPUS	132
CHAPTER XXV	132
ARION	133
IBYCUS	135
SIMONIDES	137
SAPPHO	138
CHAPTER XXVI	139
DIANA AND ENDYMION	139
ORION	140
AURORA AND TITHONUS	141
ACIS AND GALATEA	142
CHAPTER XXVII	143
CHAPTER XXVIII	155
THE FALL OF TROY	155
MENELAUS AND HELEN	158
AGAMEMNON, ORESTES, AND ELECTRA	159
TROY	161
CHAPTER XXIX	161
RETURN OF ULYSSES	161
THE LAESTRYGONIANS	164
SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS	166
CHAPTER XXX	168
THE PHAEACIANS	168
FATE OF THE SUITORS	173
CHAPTER XXXI	176
ADVENTURES OF AENEAS	176
DIDO	179
FROM THE LATIN	180
CHAPTER XXXII	181
THE INFERNAL REGIONS	181
ELYSIUM	187
THE SIBYL	187
CHAPTER XXXIII	188
OPENING THE GATES OF JANUS	190
CAMILLA	190
EVANDER	191
INFANT ROME	191
NISUS AND EURYALUS	193
MEZENTIUS	195
PALLAS, CAMILLA, TURNUS	196
CHAPTER XXXIV	197
PYTHAGORAS	197
SYBARIS AND CROTONA	199
EGYPTIAN DEITIES	200
MYTH OF OSIRIS AND ISIS	200
ORACLE OF TROPHONIUS	203
ORACLE OF AESCULAPIUS	204
ORACLE OF APIS	204
CHAPTER XXXV	205
ORIGINS OF MYTHOLOGY	205
STATUES OF THE GODS	207
THE OLYMPIAN JUPITER	207
THE MINERVA OF THE PARTHENON	208
THE VENUS DE’ MEDICI	208
THE APOLLO BELVEDERE	209
THE DIANA A LA BICHE	209
THE POETS OF MYTHOLOGY	209
VIRGIL	210
OVID	211
CHAPTER XXXVI	212
MODERN MONSTERS	212
THE PHOENIX	212
THE COCKATRICE, OR BASILISK	213
THE UNICORN	215
THE SALAMANDER	216
CHAPTER XXXVII	217
ZOROASTER	217
HINDU MYTHOLOGY	219
VISHNU	219
SIVA	219
JUGGERNAUT	220
CASTES	220
BUDDHA	222
THE GRAND LAMA	223
PRESTER JOHN	223
CHAPTER XXXVIII	224
NORTHERN MYTHOLOGY	224
OF THE JOYS OF VALHALLA	225
THE VALKYRIE	226
OF THOR AND THE OTHER GODS	226
OF LOKI AND HIS PROGENY	227
THE RECOVERY OF THE HAMMER	229
CHAPTER XXXIX	229
THOR’S VISIT TO JOTUNHEIM, THE GIANT’S COUNTRY	230
CHAPTER XL	234
THE DEATH OF BALDUR	234
THE ELVES	237
RAGNAROK, THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS	237
RUNIC LETTERS	238
THE SKALDS	239
ICELAND	239
TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY	240
THE NIBELUNGEN LIED	240
THE NIBELUNGEN HOARD	241
WAGNER’S NIBELUNGEN RING	241
CHAPTER XLI	243
DRUIDS	243
IONA	246
GLOSSARY	249
B	253
C	254
E	258
F	259
FEAR	260
FORTUNATE FIELDS	260
G	260
H	262
I	264
ISLES OF THE BLESSED	265
J	265
K	266
L	266
LIBYAN OASIS	267
M	267
MIDAS	269
N	270
O	271
ODERIC	271
P	272
PHOCIS	273
POLE STAR	274
PYTHIAN GAMES	275
Q	275
R	275
ROMANCES	276
ROME	276
S	276
SHALOTT, THE LADY OF	277
SPRING	278
SWAN, LEDA AND	278
T	278
THESSALY	279
THRACE	279
TROJAN WAR	280
TYRIANS	280
U	280
V	280
W	281
WELSH LANGUAGE	281
WINDS, THE	281
WOOD NYMPHS	281
X	281
Y	281
YEAR, THE	281
Z	282
Information about Project Gutenberg (one page)	283
(Three Pages)	284

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