Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable - Bulfinch Thomas

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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

      

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