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Introduction
5 pages
Roman Divinities
The preceding are Grecian divinities, though received also by the Romans. Those which follow are peculiar to Roman mythology:
Prometheus and Pandora
4 pages
Apollo and Daphne
THE slime with which the earth was covered by the waters of the flood produced an excessive fertility, which called forth every variety of…
Pyramus and Thisbe
Pyramus was the handsomest youth, and Thisbe the fairest maiden, in all Babylonia, where Semiramis reigned. Their parents occupied…
Cephalus and Procris
Cephalus was a beautiful youth and fond of manly sports. He would rise before the dawn to pursue the chase. Aurora saw him when she first…
Juno and Her Rivals
4 pages
Callisto
Callisto was another maiden who excited the jealousy of Juno, and the goddess changed her into a bear. "I will take away," said she, "that…
Diana and Actaeon
Thus in two instances we have seen Juno's severity to her rivals; now let us learn how a virgin goddess punished an invader of her privacy…
Latona and the Rustics
Some thought the goddess in this instance more severe than was just, while others praised her conduct as strictly consistent with her…
Phaeton
2 pages
Midas
3 pages
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The Triads
The Triads are a peculiar species of poetical composition, of which the Welsh bards have left numerous examples. They are…
Glaucus and Scylla
Glaucus was a fisherman. One day he had drawn his nets to land, and had taken a great many fishes of various kinds. So he emptied…
Armorica
The next event of note is the conquest and colonization of Armorica, by Maximus, a Roman general, and Conan, lord of Miniadoc or…
Robin Hood
AMONG the earliest heirlooms of the Anglo-Saxon tongue are the songs and legends of Robin Hood and his merry outlaws, which have…
Sir Tristram as a Sportsman
Tristram is often alluded to by the Romancers as the great authority and model in all matters relating to the chase. In the…
Kynon's Adventure
KING ARTHUR was at Caerleon upon Usk; and one day he sat in his chamber, and with him were Owain, the son of Urien, and Kynon…