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

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      Juno. Syrinx, or Pandean Pipes. Argus's Eyes. Io. Callisto Constellations of Great and Little Bear. Pole-star. Diana. Actaeon. 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

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