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Latona. Rustics turned to Frogs. Isle of Delos. Phaeton. Palace of the
Sun. Phoebus. Day. Month. Year. Hours. Seasons. Chariot of the sun.
People of Aethiopia. Libyan Desert. The Wells Dry. The Sea Shrinks.
Phaeton's Tomb. The Heliades

Chapter IV
Silenus. Midas. Bacchus's Reward to Midas. River Pactolus. Pan
Challenges Apollo. Midas's Ears. Gordian Knot. Baucis and Philemon.
Aetna. Perpetual Spring. Pluto carries off Prosperine. Cere's Search.
Prosperine's Release. Eleusinian Mysteries. Glaucis changed to a Fish.
Scylla



Chapter V
Pygmalion's Statue. Dryope and Iole. Lotus Tree. Venus and Adonis.
Anemone or Wind Flower. Apollo and Hyacinthus. Game of Quoits.
Flower Hyacinthus. Ceyx and Halcyone. Palace of the King of Sleep.
Morpheus. Halcyon Birds.



Chapter VI
Hamadryads. Pomona. Vertumnus. Iphis. Cupid and Psyche. Zephyr.
Temple of Ceres. Temple of Venus. The Ant. Golden Fleece. Pluto.
Cerberus. Charon. The Treasure. Stygian Sleep. Cup of Ambrosia.
Birth of Pleasure. Greek name of Psyche.



Chapter VII
Cadmus. Origin of City of Thebes. Tyrians. Serpent. Dragon's Teeth.
Harmonia. Serpent Sacred to Mars. Myrmidons. Cephalus. Aeacus.
Pestilence Sent by June. Origin of Myrmidons.

Chapter VIII
Minos, King of Crete. Nisus, his purple hair. Scylla's Betrayal. Her
Punishment. Echo. Juno's Sentence. Narcissus. Love for his own image.
Clytie. Hopeless Love for Apollo. Becomes a Flower. Hero and
Leander. Hellespont



Chapter IX
Goddess of Wisdom. Arachne. Her Challenge with Minerva. Minerva's
Web. Arachne's Web. Transformation. Niobe Queen of Thebes. Mount
Cynthus. Death of Niobe's Children. Changed to stone. The
Gray-haired Sisters. The Gorgon Medusa. Tower of brass. Danae.
Perseus. Net of Dicte. Minerva. King Atlas. Andromeda. Sea Monster.
Wedding Feast. Enemies Turned to Stone.



Chapter X
Attributes of Monsters. Laius. Oedipus. The Oracle. Sphinx. The
Riddle. Oedipus made King. Jocasta. Origin of Pegasus. Fountain of
Hippocrene. The Chimaera. Bellerophontic Letters. The Centaurs. The
Pygmies. Description of the Griffin. The Native Country. One-Eyed
People



Chapter XI
The Ram with the Golden Fleece. The Hellespont. Jason's Quest.

Sowing the Dragon's Teeth. Jason's Father. Incantations of Medea.
Ancient Name of Greece. Great Gatherings of the Greeks. Wild Boar.
Atalanta's Race. Three Golden Apples. Lovers' Ingratitude. Venus's
Revenge. Corybantes



Chapter XII
Labors of Hercules.-- Fight with Nemean Lion.-- Slaughter of the
Hydra. Cleaning the Augean Stables.-- Girdle of the Queen of the
Amazons.-- Oxen of Geryon.-- Golden Apples of Hesperides.-- Victory
over Antaeus.-- Cacus Slain.-- Hercules, Descent into Hades.-- He
Becomes the Slave of Omphale.-- Dejanira's Charm.-- Death of
Hercules.-- Hebe, Goddess of Youth



Chapter XIII
Theseus Moves the Fated Stone, and Proceeds to Athens.-- Procrustes's
Bedstead.-- Tribute to Minos.-- Ariadne.-- Clew of Thread.-- Encounter
with the Minotaur.-- Theseus Becomes King of Athens.-- Friendship of
Theseus and Pirithous. The Theseum.-- Festival of Panathenaea.--
Elgin Marbles.-- National Greek Games.-- The Labyrinth.-- Daedalus'
Wings.-- Invention of the Saw.-- Castor and Pollux.-- Argonautic
Expedition.-- Orpheus's Harp.-- Gemini



Chapter XIV
Destruction of Semele.-- Infancy of Bacchus.-- March of Bacchus.- -
One of the Bacchanals taken Prisoner.-- Pentheus.-- Worship of
Bacchus Established in Greece.-- Ariadne.-- Bacchus's Marriage.--
Ariadne's Crown

Chapter XV
Pan.-- Shepherd's Pipe.-- Panic Terror.-- Signification of the Name
Pan.-- Latin Divinities.-- Wood Nymphs.-- Water Nymphs.-- Sea
Nymphs. Pleasing Traits of Old Paganism.-- Mrs. Browning's Poem.--
Violation of Cere's Grove.-- Erisichthon's Punishment.-- Rhoecus.--
Water Deities.-- Neptune's Symbol of Power.-- Latin Name for the
Muses, and other Deities.-- Personification of the Winds. The
Harpies.-- Worship of Fortuna



Chapter XVI
Transformation of Achelous.-- Origin of the Cornucopia.-- Ancient
Meaning of fight of Achelous with Hercules.-- Aesculapius.-- The
Cyclops. Antigone.-- Expedition of the "Seven against Thebes."- -
Antigone's Sisterly Devotion.-- Antigone's Burial.-- Penelope.- - Statue
to Modesty.-- Ulysses.-- Penelope's suitors.-- Penelope's Web



Chapter XVII
Orpheus's Lyre.-- Unhappy Prognostics at Orpheus's Marriage.--
Eurydice's Death.-- Orpheus Descends to the Stygian Realm.-- Orpheus
Loses Eurydice Forever.-- Thracian Maidens.-- Honey.-- Aristaeus's
Loss and Complaint.-- Cyrene's Apartments.-- Proteus Captured.-- His
Directions to Orpheus.-- Swarm of Bees.-- Celebrated Mythical Poets
and Musicians.-- First Mortal Endowed with Prophetic Powers



Chapter XVIII

Adventures of Real Persons.-- Arion, Famous Musician.-- Description
of Ancient Theatres.-- Murder of Ibycus.-- Chorus Personating the
Furies.-- Cranes of Ibycus.-- The Murderers Seized.-- Simonides.--
Scopa's Jest. Simonides's Escape.-- Sappho.-- "Lover's Leap"



Chapter XIX
Endymion.-- Mount Latmos. Gift of Perpetual Youth and Perpetual
Sleep.-- Orion.-- Kedalion.-- Orion's Girdle.-- The Fatal Shot The
Pleiads.-- Aurora.-- Memnon.-- statue of Memnon.-- Scylla.-- Acis and
Galatea.-- River Acis



Chapter XX
Minerva's Competition.-- Paris's Decision.-- Helen.-- Paris's
Elopement.-- Ulysses's Pretence.-- The Apple of Discord.-- Priam,
King of Troy.-- Commander of Grecian Armament.-- Principal Leaders
of the Trojans.-- Agamemnon Kills the Sacred Stag.-- Iphigenia.-- The
Trojan War.-- The Iliad.-- Interest of Dods and Goddesses in the War.--
Achilles's Suit of Armor.-- Death of Hector.--