Myths That Every Child Should Know

Оглавление

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

Отрывок из книги

A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People

.....

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.

.....