Table of Contents
Introduction.
Prometheus and Pandora.
Apollo and Daphne — Pyramus and Thisbe — Cephalus and Procris.
Juno and Her Rivals, Io and Callisto — Diana and Actaeon — Latona and the Rustics.
Phaeton.
Midas — Baucis and Philemon.
Proserpine — Glaucus and Scylla.
Pygmalion — Dryope — Venus and Adonis — Apollo and Hyacinthus.
Ceyx and Halcyone: or, the Halcyon Birds.
Vertumnus and Pomona.
Cupid and Psyche.
Cadmus — The Myrmidons.
Nisus and Scylla — Echo and Narcissus — Clytie — Hero and Leander.
Minerva — Niobe.
The Graeae and Gorgons — Perseus — Medusa — Atlas — Andromeda.
Monsters. Giants, Sphinx, Pegasus, and Chimaera, Centaurs, Griffin, and Pygmies.
The Golden Fleece — Medea
Meleager and Atalanta.
Hercules — Hebe and Ganymede.
Theseus — Daedalus — Castor and Pollux.
Bacchus — Ariadne.
The Rural Deities — Erisichthon — Rhoecus — The Water Deities — The Camenae — The Winds.
Achelous and Hercules — Admetus and Alcestis — Antigone — Penelope.
Orpheus and Eurydice — Aristaeus — Amphion — Linus — Thamyris — Marsyas — Melampus — Musaeus.
Arion — Ibycus — Simonides — Sappho.
Endymion — Orion — Aurora and Tithonus — Acis and Galatea.
The Trojan War.
The Fall of Troy — Return of the Greeks — Agamemnon, Orestes and Electra.
Adventures of Ulysses — The Lotus-Eaters — Cyclopse — Circe — Sirens — Scylla and Charybdis — Calypso.
The Phaeacians — Fate of the Suitors.
Adventures of Aeneas — The Harpies — Dido — Palinurius.
The Infernal Regions — The Sibyl.
Aeneas in Italy. Camilla — Evander — Nisus and Euryalus — Mezentius — Turnus.
Pythagoras — Egyptian Deities — Oracles.
Origin of Mythology — Statues of Gods and Goddesses — Poets of Mythology.
Modern Monsters — The Phoenix — Basilisk — Unicorn — Salamander.
Eastern Mythology. Zoroaster — Hindu Mythology — Castes — Buddha — Grand Lama.
Northern Mythology — Valhalla — The Valkyrior.
Thor’s Visit to Jotunheim.
The Death of Baldur — The Elves — Runic Letters — Skalds — Iceland.
The Druids — Iona.
Beowulf.
Proverbial Expressions