Classic Myths

Classic Myths

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Title: Classic Myths
Author: Retold by Mary Catherine Judd
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CLASSIC MYTHS
Retold By

MARY CATHERINE JUDD Principal of the Lincoln School Minneapolis Minn.
ILLUSTRATED BY
ANGUS MAC DONALL with drawings entirely from classic sources

PREFACE
The very cordial reception given this little book by teachers and children, both in school
and out of school, has tempted me carefully to revise the stories, omitting some and
adding others, in the hope of making the book still more welcome and more helpful. The
illustrations in the present edition are all from classic sources, and reproduce for the
reader something of the classic idea and the classic art.
The book was originally prepared as an aid in Nature Study, and this thought has been
retained in the present edition. By reading these myths the child will gain in interest and
sympathy for the life of beast, bird, and tree; he will learn to recognize those
constellations which have been as friends to the wise men of many ages. Such an
acquaintance will broaden the child's life and make him see more quickly the true, the
good, and the beautiful in the world about him.
MARY CATHERINE JUDD.
Minneapolis, October, 1901.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
How the Horses of the Sun Ran Away Greek Woden, God of the Northern Sky Norse
Jupiter, God of the Southern Sky Roman Diana, Queen of the Moon Greek Jack and Jill
on the Moon Mountains Norse The Man in the Moon German A Story of an Evening Star
Greek The Giant with a Belt of Stars Greek The Great Bear in the Sky Greek Castor and
Pollux, the Starry Twins Greek The Milky Way Russian How Fire Came to Earth Greek
Beyond the Fire Island Russian A Legend of the North Wind Norse Orpheus, the South
Wind Greek The Little Wind-god Greek The Voices of Nature Finnish A Bag of Winds
Greek Echo, the Air Maiden Greek Iris, the Rainbow Princess Greek The Thunder-god
and His Brother Norse Neptune, King of the Seas Greek Why Rivers Have Golden Sands
Greek Old Grasshopper Gray Greek Where the Frogs Came from Roman The Birds with
Arrow Feathers Greek Why the Partridge Stays Near the Ground Greek Juno's Bird, the
Peacock, Roman The Gift of the Olive Tree, Greek The Linden and the Oak, Greek The
Little Maiden Who Became a Laurel Tree Greek
The Lesson of the Leaves Roman The
Legend of the Seed Greek The Girl Who Was Changed into a Sunflower Greek Why the
Narcissus Grows by the Water Greek The Legend of the Anemone Greek The Mistletoe
Norse The Forget-me-not German Pegasus, The Horse With Wings Greek Suggestions to
Teachers A Bibliography A Pronouncing Index

ILLUSTRATIONS
Thor, with His Red-hot Hammer, frontispiece Phaeton Falling from the Chariot Woden
Frigga, the Mother of the Gods Jupiter and His Eagle The Head of Jupiter Diana The
Man in the Moon The Man in the Moon Venus Orion with His Club The Great Bear in
the Sky The Great Bear and the Little Bear Castor and Pollux Minerva Boreas, the God
of the North Wind Tower of the Winds at Athens Orpheus Mercury Ulysses Cover of a
Drinking Cup Iris The Head of Iris Neptune A Greek Coin Silenus Holding Bacchus
Aurora, the Goddess of the Dawn Latona Jason Castor, the Horse-Tamer Pollux, the
Master of the Art of Boxing Daedalus and Icarus Making Their Wings Juno and Her
Peacock Athena Minerva Daphne A Sibyl Ceres Apollo Narcissus Adonis and Aphrodite
Woden on the Throne Bellerophon and Pegasus

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