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Achilles, 234
Acis, 255
Acteon, 49
Aeneas, 244
Aeolus, 143
Aetes, 169
Aegeus, 197
Admetus, 212
Adonis, 67
Adrastus, 220
Agamemnon, 228
Age of Gold, 10
Age of Steel, 23
Agenor, 27
Alcestis, 212
Alcyone, 146
Alcmeon, 221
Alphisibaus, 221
Amphion, 214
Amphitrite, 100
Amphiaraus, 221
Anadyomine Venus, 71
Anchises, 68
Andromeda, 192
Antigone, 219
Apollo, 33
Arachne, 88
Arion, 100
Ariadne, 98
Argo, 170
Astraea, 166
Athena Pallas, 88
Atlas, 191
Atreus, 233
Atropos, 149
Autumn, 136
Aurora, 44
Auster, 145

Balder, 280
Bacchus, 55
Bacchantes, the, 61
Battle of the Centaurs, 130
Baucis, 253
Bellerophon, 266
Boreas, 145
Brahma, 268
Buddh, 270

Cadmeo, 276
Cadmus, 264
Calista, 50
Calumny, 251
Callirhoe, 63
Cassandra, 40-230
Castalia, 40
Castor, 167
Centaurs, the, 128
Cerberus, 105
Ceres, 29
Cepheus, 194
Chaos, 6
Charybdis, 147
Charon, 105
Chiron, 130
Chrysaor, 190
Circe, 39
Clotho, 149
Colchis, 170
Comus, 160
Clytie, 37
Clytemnestra, 229
Clymene, 40
Cupid, 78
Cyclops, the, 74
Cybele, 10
Cyparissus, 39

Danaides, the, 108
Daphne, 36
Death of Hercules, 188
Destiny, 32
Dejanira, 183
Diana, 49
Dido, 245
Discord, 252
Divinities of Fables, 5

Echo, 118
Egisthus, 226
Endymion, 51
Envy, 251
Erigone, 58
Erostatus, 53
Eteocles, 220
Europa, 27
Eurus, 145
Eurydice, 207
Eurystheus, 179

Famine, 252
Fates, the, 149
Fauns, 123
Fidelity, 240
Flora, 139
Fortuna, 164
Friendship, 249
Frigga, 279

Ganga, 273
Galatea, 255
Genius, 158
Glaucus, 143-173
Golden Apple, 68
Golden Fleece, the, 170
Gorgons, the, 190
Graces, the, 158

Harpies, the, 148
Harpocrates, 165
Hebe, 127
Hecate, 170
Hector, 236
Helen, 228
Heliades, the, 44
Hercules, 177
Hermaphrodite, 112
Hermes, 110
Hesione, 182
Hero and Leander, 257
Hippodamia, 224
Hippolytus, 202
Honour, 248
Hope, 22
Hyacinth, 38
Hymen, 161

Icarius, 59
Io, 26
Iphigenia, 229
Irminsul, 283
Ixion, 107

Janus, 10
Jason, 161
Jocasta, 214
Judgment of Paris, 69
Juno, 25
Jupiter, 16
Jupiter Ammon, 18

Labours of Hercules, 179
Laius, 214
Laocoon, 238
Laomedon, 182
Lares, the, 156
Latona, 33
Lacheses, 149
L'Amore Dominatore, 87
Leander, 70
Leucothoe, 37
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Liberty, 250
Lychas, 186

Manes, the, 155
Marathon, 205
Marriage of Hercules, 183
Mars, 76
Marsyas, 41
Medea, 170
Medusa, 90-190
Memnon, 44
Menelaus, 228
Mercury, 110
Midas, 42-124
Milo, 267
Minerva, 88
Minos, 27-107
Minotaur, the, 198
Mologno, 290
Momus, 161
Morpheus, 154
Mount Helicon, 41

Narcissus, 119
Nemesis, 156
Neptune, 99
Nessus, 184
Nerieds, the, 114
Night, 150
Nine Muses, the, 40-47
Niobe, 34
Nox, 150
Numa Pompilius, 262

Oceanus, 138
Oedipus, 214
Odin, 278
Olympus, 24
Omphale, 117-183
Orpheus, 105-207
Ovisara, 289

Pan, 42-115
Pandora, 20
Paris, 235
Peace, 248
Pegasus, 41
Pelops, 224
Pelias, 168
Penetates, the, 157
Perestere, 78
Perseus, 189
Peribaea, 215
Phaeton, 43
Phaon, 260
Phoebus, 35
Phaedra, 201
Philemon, 253
Philoctetes, 188
Phineus, 193
Pluto, 30-103
Plutus, 164
Polydectes, 189
Polyphemus, 242-255
Poisoned Scarf, the, 185
Pomona, 131
Prometheus, 18
Proserpine, 104
Proteus, 141
Psyche, 78
Pygmalion, 259
Pyramus, 254
Python, the Serpent, 44
Pythian Games, the, 44

Quetsalocatl, 286

Salmaeis, 112
Sappho, 266
Saturn, 8
Saturnalia, the, 11
Satyrs, 125
Scylla, 147
Silenus, 61
Siva, 270
Somnus, 155
Songs of the Winds, 145
Song of Night, 151
Sphynx, the, 217
Spring, 133
Summer, 135
Sylvans, 124
Syrens, the, 146
Syrinx, 116
Sisyphus, 107

Tangatanta, 235
Tantalus, 107-223
Tartarus, 107
Temple of Apollo, 47
Temple of Diana, 53
Terminus, 126
Teutates, 282
Themis, 166
Theseus, 57-197
Thetis, 139
Thisbe, 254
Thor, 279
Titans, the, 17
Thyestes, 223
Tityus, 108
Trojan War, the, 233
Truth, 248

Ulysses, 234
Uranus, 7

Venus, 66
Venus Aeraea, 70
Venus Cytheraea, 71
Vesta, 13
Vestals, the, 14
Victory, 250
Viracocha, 285
Virtue, 247
Vishnu, 269
Voluptuousness, 251
Vulcan, 73
Vulcanalia, the, 77

Winter, 137
Wise Men of Greece, 46

Zepherus, 145

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FRONTISPIECE, _to face title_

THE DANCE OF THE CORYBANTES, 9

THE FEAST OF BACCHUS, 61

JASON AND MEDEA, 173

HERCULES DELIVERING HESIONE, 182

THE DEATH OF NESSUS, 184

THE ANGER OF PRIAM, 239

PYRRHA SEIZING THE SWORD BEFORE ACHILLES, 234

THE SACRIFICE TO TEUTATES, 283

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have now, sir," quoth Sancho to his master, "reluced my wife to consent that I should go with your worship wherever you please to carry me." "Reduced, thou shouldst say, Sancho," said Don Quixote, "and not 'reluced.'" "Once or twice already," answered Sancho, "I have besought your worship not to mind my words, when you know my meaning; and when you do not, say, Sancho, or devil, I understand thee not; and then if I do not explain myself, you may correct me, for I am so focile."--"I do not understand thee now, Sancho," said Don Quixote; for I know not the meaning of 'focile.'" "So focile," answered Sancho, "means, I am so much so." "I understand thee still less now," replied Don Quixote. "Why, if you do not understand me," answered Sancho, "I cannot help it; I know no more, so God help me!" "O! now I have it," answered Don Quixote, "thou wilt say that thou art so docile, so pliant, and so tractable, that thou wilt readily comprehend whatever I say, and wilt learn whatever I shall teach thee." "I will lay a wager," quoth Sancho, "you took me from the first, only you had a mind to puzzle me, that you might hear some more of my blunders." "Perhaps thou mayest be right there," answered Don Quixote; "but tell me, what says Teresa?" "Teresa," quoth Sancho, "says that fast bind, fast find, and that we must have less talking, and more doing: for he who shuffles is not he who cuts, and, 'a bird in the hand is worth two in the

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Note

[1] There is a curious Scandinavian legend extant, relative to this subject. The god Balder dreamt that his life, although made to be immortal, was threatened with an imminent danger. The gods agreed to exercise all the perils which might have the power of injuring Balder. The goddess Frigga, the mother of Balder, undertook this task; and she exacted an oath from fire, from water, from all the metals, from the stones, from land, from the fishes, from all the animals, and from all the vegetables, that they would do no harm to Balder. On the conclusion of this solemn compact, the deities, in one of their grand meetings, amused themselves with throwing at Balder, arrows, stones, lighted torches, and with striking him tremendous blows with the sword, his invulnerability protecting him from injury. Loke, an evil genius, and an enemy of the gods, in the disguise of an old woman, went to Frigga, and claimed her hospitality. The kind goddess related the story of her son to the impostor, who enquired whether everything in nature, without exception, had taken the required oath. Frigga replied, that there was only one small shrub, (the mistletoe,) from which she had exacted no promise, because, it being so feeble, she did not dread its power. Loke then departed, and, cutting the mistletoe, converted it into a sharp pointed arrow. He returned to the assembly of the gods, darted his weapon against Balder, and killed him. Everything in nature wept for Balder, and especially the trees, which were for a long time inconsolable.--_Madame de Genlis._

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Changes made to printed original.

Pages vi, vii. Pages interchanged in original.

Page viii. "natural or artificial": 'natural er artificial' in original.

Page 12. "as he represents the celestial regions": 'as be represents' in original.

Page 67. "distinguished by the most exquisite beauty": 'exquiste' in original.

Page 71. "arch, yet pure": 'vet' in original.

Page 100. "Subdued majesty with this glad time.": 'Sudued' in original.

Page 108. "who had descended": 'descdeden' in original.

Page 146. "the time of her being carried off": 'been' in original.

Page 263. "gave them additional favour": 'them them' in original.

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