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  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


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  Sure ''twas by Providence designed, Rather in pity than in hate, That he should be like Cupid blind, To save him from Narcissus'' fate."


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id: 17964
title: Olympian Nights
author: Bangs, John Kendrick
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  been a god and who had become an elevator boy, so I said to him: "Not at the half-way house," said Adonis. "Jupiter, of course," said Adonis, with an impatient shake of his dozen times already for things I''ve said, and I have to be very "Things are never dull here, sir," said Memnon, pocketing my dollar "Now look me straight in the eye," said Æsculapius, an amused smile "Now look yourself straight in the eye," said he. "If one of the gods had said that," he replied, "I should have "It is perhaps too much for mortal eyes," he said; and then, turning "Good--I''ll give you the time," he said. "Jupiter, of course," he said. "Looks so," said Jupiter, "but be careful. "Great ball, eh?" said Jupiter. "I think I shall like it," I said, "if I ever get used to it." "Never mind," said Jupiter. "A high old god I''d make," said I.


id: 23749
title: The Mythological Zoo
author: Herford, Oliver
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  That head of curling snakes to dress. A "Sop to Cerberus" at the gate, The other half) are _Cats_ to-day. So wonderful about the Sphinx? To call a Jinn the only thing One needed was a magic ring. All day she combs her hair and longs I wonder what the King would do The Satyr lived in times remote, A shape half-human and half-goat, You''d think a lion or a snake A lion and a snake combined, Let scientists the breed pooh! Goat-like on patent-kidded feet, lion, goat, and snake combined! The burning question of his day: It chanced that Allah, looking round, Queer ladies in the olden days. Two kinds of human bird to-day-The horse in time went off his feed, When one day--OATMEAL was invented! The other day A horse with wings could not have more Two of his legs, his wings to save. THE MYTHOLOGICAL ZOO _net_, .75


id: 30332
title: The Earthly Paradise: A Poem (Part II)
author: Morris, William
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  That thou art come unto thy sovereignty: Loved as thou art, thy short-lived pains are worth Canst thou not love me, then, who wrought thy woe, Thou tell''st the story of thy love unseen: "And he, dear love, the man that thou hast wed, I charge thee tell me,--Hast thou seen the thing "Hail unto thee, fair sister of my love; When thou art come unto thy majesty." He said, "O thou, the king of this fair land, War falls upon thy lovely land and thee." thou know''st perchance what thing love is? O love, why hast thou brought me unto this?'' And thou at last mayst come unto thy bliss; And live thy life, till death itself shall come, Good tidings to thee; poor man, thou shalt live My life, my hope?--But thou--I come to thee. Or hast thou on this day great need of gold? "O love," she said, "dost thou fear death?


id: 30800
title: Nature Myths and Stories for Little Children
author: Cooke, Flora J. (Flora Juliette)
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  "I know," said Golden Hair, "Let us go and ask the woman on the hill Golden Hair said, "we know you are wise and we came to see if you would "They say, ''Here comes the king, men call wise, and good and great. The Queen said, "Happy indeed, must be your people, wise king. Athena saw her and said in pity, "No, you shall not die; live and do the On the fifth day his son said to him, "Father, take me home or I shall The sixth day came and the little boy lay upon the mat white and still. The Sun saw her and said, "Come, White Cloud, I am your king, I will "Come to the hill across from the great blue mountains," he said. In the morning, when they saw the great blue mountains and the beautiful One day the great Shiva saw a little gray chipmunk on the seashore.


id: 22381
title: Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome
author: Berens, E. M.
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  being called heroes or demi-gods, who were usually renowned for their great Rhea, the wife of Cronus, and mother of Zeus and the other great gods of with Heracles, the favourite son of Zeus, which is as follows:--Hera having Zeus and a sea-nymph called Dione, was the goddess of Love and Beauty. We have seen that when Apollo assumed his god-like form, he took his place hand of Alcestis, the beautiful daughter of Pelias, son of Poseidon; but Hephæstus, the son of Zeus and Hera, was the god of fire in its beneficial The sea-god was the father of two giant sons called Otus and Ephialtes.[40] Ares, the son of Zeus and Hera, was the god of war, who gloried in strife the son of Zeus and Danaë, daughter of Acrisius, king of Argos. received by king Demophoon, the son of the great hero Theseus.


id: 3327
title: Bulfinch''s Mythology: The Age of Fable
author: Bulfinch, Thomas
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  Jupiter was king of gods and men. Mars (Ares), the god of war, was the son of Jupiter and Juno. Cupid (Eros), the god of love, was the son of Venus. not safe in his friend''s house; and sons-in-law and fathers-inlaw, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives, could not trust Like him the river-god, whose waters flow, turned round to see whether it was a god or a sea-animal, and said, "Maiden, I am no monster, nor a sea-animal, but a god; and celebrate thee, my song shall tell thy fate, and thou shalt She received the dead body of her son, and folded the cold form said to my men, ''What god there is concealed in that form I know Origin of Mythology Statues of Gods and Goddesses Poets of The gods took up the dead body and bore it to the sea-shore where


id: 976
title: Tanglewood Tales
author: Hawthorne, Nathaniel
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  there lived, a very long time ago, a little boy named Theseus. very fond of hearing about King Aegeus, and often asked his good mother over-brimming heart into the king''s hand, poor Theseus knew not what There was the poor old king, too, leaning on his son''s arm, and looking His little friends, like all other small people, had a great opinion of "My good little people," said he, making a low obeisance to the grand "Have you seen a beautiful maiden, dressed like a king''s daughter, and his mouth looked like a great red cavern, at the farther end of which "Long live King Cadmus," they cried, "in his beautiful palace." "My little Proserpina," said the king, sitting down, and affectionately When their hearts had grown a little more quiet, Mother Ceres looked "My good young man," said King Pelias, taking the softest tone


id: 9855
title: Classic Myths
author: Judd, Mary Catherine
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  "Mother Clymene," said the boy one day, "I am going to visit my When little children looked at the moon and stars, they were told that beautiful star in the sky, shining almost like the moon, you may be sure girl,'' her mother would say, but at last Apollo said he would help her, "Every night, mother, I see a beautiful star in the sky so different One day North Wind saw a brave little fellow eating his lunch under a "Good old North Wind!" said the boy. "Once a man named Ulysses was sailing over a great sea, and he came to "But who is King Neptune, and where does this ocean god live, mother?" One day while Midas was king some peasants found an old man wandering There is an old story that tells how a man named Jason went on a long


id: 6447
title: Proserpine and Midas
author: Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
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  classical fancies which Mrs. Shelley never ventured to publish are book, and two cantos of Dante with Shelley [Footnote: Letter to Mrs. Hunt, 28 August 1819.]--a fair average, no doubt, of the homely aspect ''Mrs. Shelley had at this time been writing some little Dramas on whose request, Mrs. Shelley says, [Footnote: The Hymns of Pan and _Enter Ceres, Proserpine, Ino and Eunoe._ _Cer._ My lovely child, it is high Jove''s command:-[2] _Pros._ Sweet Ino, well I know the love you bear Or tread the green Earth ''mid attendant nymphs. Shall tear thee from thy Mother''s clasping arms. And shall thy sister, Queen of fertile Earth, _Zopyr._ You wear a little crown of carved gold, None know King Midas has--but who comes here? That thus thy touch, thou man akin to Gods, Can change all earth to heaven,--Olympian gold! Do not the Gods hate gold?


id: 7841
title: A Primary Reader: Old-time Stories, Fairy Tales and Myths Retold by Children
author: Smythe, E. Louise (Emma Louise)
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  "What a big duckling!" said the old duck. The little tree said, "I do not like needles. Night came and the little tree went to sleep. Then the little tree said, "I do not want any leaves. Loki said, "Good morning, Idun Those are beautiful apples." And Loki said, "Oh, nobody else can make such things as my little Brok said, "Loki has a golden crown that will grow like real hair. When he saw Loki, he said, "What do you want?" Loki said, "I have come for the hammer." Then he said to Jason, "You may be king when you bring me the golden When Jason came to Colchis, he went to the king and said, "Will you Now Jason went to the king and said, "Give me the dragon''s teeth." The next day Jason went to the king and said, "Now, give me the


id: 35704
title: Wonder Stories: The Best Myths for Boys and Girls
author: Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin
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  gods, like men, but different in their higher understanding of life and Prometheus took a little of the new earth in his hands the habitations of the gods, but just then a great idea came to Apollo. hand-maidens of gold, who, like living creatures, moved about and helped Neptune, the burly old god of the sea, had a son named Orion who was Of all the many strange things that happened in the days of the old gods But the king of the gods told Minerva something about her city long ago days of the Greek gods and goddesses. The young god looked at her and saw how fair a work of his hands was tree that her brother, Apollo, the god of the sun, loved so much. be an Apollo and a Diana, the gods of the day and the night. the king of the gods straight in the eyes, and Jupiter looked back.


id: 41765
title: Half a Hundred Hero Tales of Ulysses and The Men of Old
author: nan
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  long fair hair and great gray eyes, with a look in them that made her "Thou hast slept well, fair maiden," said Pan, in a low, gentle voice, "Thou art passing wise," said Pan; "there are few indeed of thy years told the story to the king), came hurrying after them, and said that long a time went by that, at last, if they had really come, the king seen a beautiful maiden, dressed like a king''s daughter, and mounted "Long live King Cadmus," they cried, "in his beautiful palace!" over-brimming heart into the king''s hand, poor Theseus knew not what "Why do you come alone?" asked King Ulysses, as soon as he saw him. King Ulysses took the goblet with his right hand, while with his left form, Ulysses looked even more manly and king-like than before. They looked and saw the King coming in


id: 44460
title: Carleton''s Condensed Classical Dictionary
author: nan
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  Anaxo married Electryon, king of Mycenæ, whose sons were killed in Great, was king of Syria, and reigned thirty-six years. =Aristi''des.= A celebrated Athenian, son of Lysimachus, in the age of =Aristoph''anes.= A celebrated comic poet of Athens, son of Philip of =Camby''ses=, king of Persia, was the son of Cyrus the Great. =Cupi''do=, god of love, son of Jupiter and Venus, is represented as a =Cy''rus.= A king of Persia, son of Cambyses and Mandane, daughter of that he would be killed by a son-in-law, and he made his daughters =Dar''danus.= A son of Jupiter, who killed his brother Jasius to obtain the =Iphic''rates.= A celebrated general of Athens, who, though son of a =Mi''nos.= A king of Crete, son of Jupiter and Europa, who gave laws to his year of his age killed the celebrated Nemæan lion. =Ne''ro, Clau''dius Domit''ius Cæ''sar.= A celebrated Roman emperor, son of


id: 46063
author: Bulfinch, Thomas
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  Love who should rule the hearts of gods and men. Mars (Ares)=,[26] the war-god, son of Jupiter and Juno. Vulcan (Hephæstus)=, son of Jupiter and Juno, was the god of fire, glorious, good-natured god, loved and honored among men as the founder the Greeks; but the golden god Apollo chose first to spend a year in 1. _Cupid (Eros)_, small but mighty god of love, the son of Venus and the father of gods and men, and bore him the Hours, goddesses who order of gods; so also, another goddess of the earth, _Rhea_, the wife Bacchus (Dionysus)=, the god of wine, was the son of Jupiter and the gods'' dwelling, steep Olympus, and sat beside Jupiter, son Apollo, the Light Triumphant.= Soon after his birth the sun-god little child, Hector''s loved son, like unto a beautiful star. Death from thy head, and with the gods in heaven

title:
  The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911) Based Originally on Bulfinch''s "Age of Fable" (1855)


