The Outline of Mythology

Thomas Bulfinch's whole mythic world — the gods of Olympus, King Arthur's Round Table, the Mabinogeon, Beowulf and the paladins of Charlemagne — told as stories, the way 1913 read them.

Juno and Her Rivals

4 pages in this part of The Outline of Mythology.

Juno and Her Rivals

JUNO one day perceived it suddenly grow dark, and immediately suspected that her husband had raised a cloud to hide some of his doings that…

Juno and Her Rivals: Jupiter

Juno joined her husband, and noticing the heifer praised its beauty, and asked whose it was, and of what herd. Jupiter, to stop questions…

Juno and Her Rivals: Mercury

Jupiter was troubled at beholding the sufferings of his mistress, and calling Mercury told him to go and despatch Argus. Mercury made…

Juno and Her Rivals: Diana

Among other stories, Mercury told him how the instrument on which he played was invented. "There was a certain nymph, whose name was…

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