Myths That Every Child Should Know

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Various. Myths That Every Child Should Know
Myths That Every Child Should Know
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
Myths That Every Child Should Know
CHAPTER I
THE THREE GOLDEN APPLES
CHAPTER II
THE POMEGRANATE SEEDS
CHAPTER III
THE CHIMÆRA
CHAPTER IV
THE GOLDEN TOUCH
CHAPTER V
THE GORGON'S HEAD
CHAPTER VI
THE DRAGON'S TEETH
CHAPTER VII
THE MIRACULOUS PITCHER
CHAPTER VIII
THE PARADISE OF CHILDREN
CHAPTER IX
THE CYCLOPS
CHAPTER X
THE ARGONAUTS
I. How the Centaur Trained the Heroes on Pelion
PART II. How Jason Lost His Sandal in Anauros
PART III. How They Built the Ship Argo in Iolcos
PART IV. How the Argonauts Sailed to Colchis
PART V. How the Argonauts Were Driven into the Unknown Sea
PART VI. What Was the End of the Heroes
CHAPTER XI
THE GIANT BUILDER
CHAPTER XII
HOW ODIN LOST HIS EYE
CHAPTER XIII
THE QUEST OF THE HAMMER
CHAPTER XIV
THE APPLES OF IDUN
CHAPTER XV
THE DEATH OF BALDER
CHAPTER XVI
THE STAR AND THE LILY
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A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People
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When this affair was finished, Hercules continued his travels, and went to the land of Egypt, where he was taken prisoner, and would have been put to death if he had not slain the king of the country and made his escape. Passing through the deserts of Africa, and going as fast as he could, he arrived at last on the shore of the great ocean. And here, unless he could walk on the crests of the billows, it seemed as if his journey must needs be at an end.
Nothing was before him, save the foaming, dashing, measureless ocean. But, suddenly, as he looked toward the horizon, he saw something, a great way off, which he had not seen the moment before. It gleamed very brightly, almost as you may have beheld the round, golden disc of the sun, when it rises or sets over the edge of the world. It evidently drew nearer; for, at every instant, this wonderful object became larger and more lustrous. At length, it had come so nigh that Hercules discovered it to be an immense cup or bowl, made either of gold or burnished brass. How it had got afloat upon the sea is more than I can tell you. There it was, at all events, rolling on the tumultuous billows, which tossed it up and down, and heaved their foamy tops against its sides, but without ever throwing their spray over the brim.
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