Chapter VII: Myths of the Great Divinities of Heaven 64

Myths of Jupiter and Juno. Love Affairs of Jupiter. Io. Callisto.
Europa. Semele. Ægina. Antiope. Jupiter, a Friend of Man. Juno's
Best Gift. Myths of Minerva. Arachne. Myths of Mars. Mars and
Diomede. Mars and Minerva. The Fortunes of Cadmus. Myths of Vulcan.
Myths of Apollo. The Wanderings of Latona. Apollo, the Light
Triumphant. Hyacinthus. Phaëthon. The Plague sent upon the Greeks
before Troy. The Punishment of Niobe. The Lamentation for Linus.
Æsculapius. Apollo in Exile. Lowell's Shepherd of King Admetus.
Admetus and Alcestis. Apollo, the Musician. Apollo, Pan, and Midas.
Shelley's Hymn of Pan. Marsyas. The Loves of Apollo. Daphne.
Marpessa. Clytie. Myths of Diana. The Flight of Arethusa. Shelley's
Arethusa. The Fate of Actæon. The Fortunes and Death of Orion. The
Pleiads. Endymion. Myths of Venus. Adonis. Cupid and Psyche. Keats'
Ode to Psyche. Atalanta's Race. Hero and Leander. Pygmalion and the
Statue. Pyramus and Thisbe. Phaon. The Vengeance of Venus. Myths of
Mercury.

CHAPTER VIII. MYTHS OF THE GREAT DIVINITIES OF EARTH 152

Myths of Bacchus. The Wanderings of Bacchus. The Story of Acetes.
The Choice of King Midas.

CHAPTER IX. FROM THE EARTH TO THE UNDERWORLD 159

Myths of Ceres, Pluto, and Proserpine. The Rape of Proserpine. The
Wanderings of Ceres. Triptolemus and the Eleusinian Mysteries.
Orpheus and Eurydice.

CHAPTER X. MYTHS OF NEPTUNE, RULER OF THE WATERS 169

Lord of the Sea. Lord of Streams and Fountains. Pelops and
Hippodamia.

CHAPTER XI. MYTHS OF THE LESSER DIVINITIES OF HEAVEN 172

Myths of Stars and Winds. Cephalus and Procris. Dobson's The Death
of Procris. Ceyx and Halcyone. Aurora and Tithonus. Tennyson's
Tithonus. Memnon.

CHAPTER XII. MYTHS OF THE LESSER DIVINITIES OF EARTH, ETC. 181

Pan, and the Personification of Nature. Stedman's Pan in Wall
Street. Other Lesser Gods of Earth. Echo and Narcissus. Echo,
Pan, Lyde, and the Satyr. The Naiads. The Dryads, or Hamadryads.
Erysichthon. Dryope. Rh[oe]cus. Pomona and Vertumnus. The Cranes of
Ibycus.

CHAPTER XIII. MYTHS OF LESSER DIVINITIES OF THE WATERS 198

Galatea and Polyphemus. Glaucus and Scylla. Nisus and Scylla.
Leucothea. Proteus and Aristæus. Acheloüs and Hercules. Milton's
Sabrina Fair.

CHAPTER XIV. MYTHS OF THE OLDER HEROES: THE HOUSE OF DANAÜS, AND
ITS CONNECTIONS 206

The Older and the Younger Heroes. The Genealogy of Danaüs. The
Danaïds. The Doom of King Acrisius. Perseus and Medusa. Perseus and
Atlas. Perseus and Andromeda. Bellerophon and the Chimæra. Hercules
(Heracles): His Youth. His Labors. His Later Exploits. The Loss of
Hylas. The Rescue of Daphnis. The Expedition against Laomedon. The
Death of Hercules.

CHAPTER XV. THE FAMILY OF ÆOLUS 229

Descendants of Deucalion. The Quest of the Golden Fleece. The
Return of the Argonauts. Medea and Æson. Pelias.

CHAPTER XVI. THE FAMILY OF ÆTOLUS AND ITS CONNECTIONS 237

The Calydonian Hunt. Merope. Castor and Pollux. The Twin Brethren
among the Romans.

CHAPTER XVII. THE HOUSE OF MINOS 246

Minos of Crete. Dædalus and Icarus.

CHAPTER XVIII. THE HOUSE OF CECROPS AND ERICHTHONIUS 249

From Cecrops to Philomela. Matthew Arnold's Philomela. Theseus.
Theseus and Ariadne. Bacchus and Ariadne. The Amazons. Theseus and
Pirithoüs. Phædra and Hippolytus.

CHAPTER XIX. THE HOUSE OF LABDACUS 261

The Misfortunes of Thebes. [OE]dipus and the Sphinx. [OE]dipus, the
King. [OE]dipus at Colonus.

CHAPTER XX. MYTHS OF THE YOUNGER HEROES: THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES
265

Their Exploits. The Seven against Thebes. Antigone. The Epigoni.

CHAPTER XXI. HOUSES CONCERNED IN THE TROJAN WAR 269

Three Families. Peleus. Achilles, Son of Peleus. Atreus. Tyndareus.

CHAPTER XXII. THE TROJAN WAR 277

Its Origin. Iphigenia in Aulis. Protesilaüs and Laodamia. Homer's
Iliad. The Wrath of Achilles. The Enlistment of the Gods. Thetis
intercedes for Achilles. Agamemnon calls a Council. Paris plays
the Champion. Helen surveys the Grecian Host. Menelaüs defeats
Paris. The Two Days' Battle. Hector and Andromache. Neptune aids
the Discouraged Greeks. Jupiter inspirits the Trojans. Achilles
and Patroclus. Patroclus in the Armor of Achilles. The Deaths of
Sarpedon and Patroclus. The Remorse of Achilles. The Reconciliation
of Agamemnon and Achilles. The Death of Hector. Achilles drags the
Body of Hector. Priam in the Tent of Achilles.

CHAPTER XXIII. THE FALL OF TROY 307

The Fall of Troy. The Death of Achilles. Contest for the Arms of
Achilles. Paris and [OE]none. The Palladium. The Wooden Horse.
Laocoön and the Serpents. The Death of Priam. The Survivors. Helen,
Menelaüs, and Agamemnon. Electra and Orestes. Orestes pursued by
the Furies. His Purification.

CHAPTER XXIV. THE WANDERINGS OF ULYSSES 318

From Troy to Phæacia. The Lotos-eaters. The Cyclopes. The Bag of
Winds. The Læstrygonians. The Isle of Ææa. Ulysses visits Hades.
The Sirens. Scylla and Charybdis. The Cattle of the Sun. Calypso's
Island. The Land of the Phæacians. Fate of the Suitors. Tennyson's
Ulysses.

CHAPTER XXV. ADVENTURES OF ÆNEAS 346

From Troy to Italy. The Departure from Troy. The Promised Empire.
The Harpies. Epirus. The Cyclopes Again. The Resentment of Juno.
The Sojourn at Carthage. Dido. Palinurus. Italy at Last. The Sibyl
of Cumæ. The Infernal Regions. The Elysian Fields. The Valley of
Oblivion.

CHAPTER XXVI. THE WAR BETWEEN TROJANS AND LATINS 362

The Fulfillment of Prophecy. The Gates of Janus Opened. Camilla.
Alliance with Evander. The Site of Future Rome. Turnus attacks the
Trojan Camp. Nisus and Euryalus. The Death of Mezentius. The Deaths
of Pallas and Camilla. The Final Conflict.

CHAPTER XXVII. MYTHS OF THE NORSE GODS 373

The Creation. Yggdrasil. Odin and his Valhalla. The Valkyries. Thor
and the Other Gods. Loki and his Progeny. The Conflict with the
Mountain Giants. The Recovery of Thor's Hammer. Thor's Visit to
Jötunheim. The Sword of Freyr. The Death of Balder. The Funeral of
Balder. The Elves. Ragnarok.

CHAPTER XXVIII. MYTHS OF NORSE AND OLD GERMAN HEROES 398

The Saga of the Volsungs. The Lay of the Nibelungs.

CHAPTER XXIX. THE RING OF THE NIBELUNG 410

Wagner's Tetralogy. The Rhine-gold. The Valkyrie. Siegfried. The
Twilight of the Gods.

PART II

THE HISTORY OF MYTH

CHAPTER XXX. THE ORIGIN AND ELEMENTS OF MYTH 431

Kinds of Myth. Divisions of Inquiry. Elements of the Myth.
Reasonable Myths. Unreasonable Myths. Theory of Deterioration.
Theory of Progress.

CHAPTER XXXI. THE DISTRIBUTION OF MYTHS 447

Theories of Resemblance.