Stories of Old Greece and Rome

1 See Appendix, page 325.

2 See Appendix, page 327.

3 See Appendix, page 327.

4 See Appendix, page 328.

5 See Appendix, page 328.

6 See Appendix, page 329.

7 From the Greek word "parthenos," which means "maiden."

8 See Appendix, page 331.

9 See Appendix, page 332.

10 See Appendix, page 332.

11 See Appendix, page 334.

12 See Appendix, page 333.

13 See Appendix, page 334.

14 See Appendix, page 334.

15 See Appendix, page 335.

16 See Appendix, page 335.

17 Mercury's wand was called the Caduceus.

18 See Appendix, page 335.

19 Cf. "Story of Cyparissus," Appendix, page 336.

20 See Appendix, page 336.

21 See Appendix, page 337.

22 See Appendix, page 338.

23 See Appendix, page 340.

24 See Appendix, page 341.

25 See Appendix, page 341.

26 See Appendix, page 341.

27 See Appendix, page 342.

28 See the "Story of Dirce," Appendix, page 342.

29 See Appendix, page 345.

30 See Appendix, page 343.

31 See Appendix, page 345.

32 She was also known as Ilia.

33 See page 74.

34 See Appendix, page 346.

35 See page 76.

36 See Appendix, page 349.

37 See Appendix, page 351.

38 See Appendix page 350.

39 See Appendix, page 347.

40 Appendix, page 357.

41 See Appendix, page 352.

42 Also called Erinnys or Eumenides. Their names were Alecto, Tisiphone, and Megæra. See Appendix, page 353.

43 See Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book XI, line 590, etc.

44 See "Story of Ceÿx and Halcyone," Appendix, page 355.

45 Two gates of sleep there are: one of horn, through which pass the true dreams; the other of shining white ivory, through which the spirits send false dreams up to the world.

46 Pale Death steps with the same foot to the huts of the poor and the palaces of kings.

47 See Appendix, page 356.

48 See Appendix, page 357.

49 See page 36.

50 See page 230.

51 See Appendix, page 356.

52 See page 110.

53 See Appendix, page 359.

54 See "Story of the Dragon's Teeth," page 121.

55 See Appendix, page 359.

56 See page 164.

57 See page 113.

58 Old name for Naxos.

59 See page 299.

60 See page 40.

61 See Appendix, page 360.

62 "Pactolus singeth over golden sands."—Gray.

63 See Appendix, page 361.

64 See Appendix, page 360.

65 See Appendix, page 361.

66 See Appendix, page 362.

67 Here in a vast cave, King Æolus keeps under his control the struggling winds and roaring tempests, and holds them chained in prison. They, chafing at restraint, surge against their barriers with the great rumbling of a mountain. Æolus sits in a lofty stronghold, holding a scepter, and soothes their feeling and softens their wrath. If he did not do this, they would surely carry with them in rapid course the seas and lands and the deep sky and sweep these with them to the high heavens.

68 See page 269.

69 See Appendix, page 362.

70 See Appendix, page 362.

71 See Appendix, page 362.

72 See Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book XIV, line 645.

73 See Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book XIV, line 655.

74 See Appendix, page 363.

75 Some authorities state that Hippolyte was not killed, but lived to marry the hero Theseus. See page 301.

76 See page 155.

77 See Appendix, page 364.

78 See page 6.

79 See Appendix, page 365.

80 See Appendix, page 365.

81 According to some stories, Atlas was the father of the Hesperides and owner of the Garden.

82 See page 302.

83 See page 35.

84 See page 155.

85 See page 145.

86 See Appendix, page 366.

87 See Appendix, page 366.

88 See Appendix, page 367.

89 See Appendix, page 367.

90 See Appendix, page 367.

91 See page 243.

92 Hawthorne's Wonder Book, "The Chimæra."

93 See Appendix, page 368.

94 See Appendix, page 368.

95 See page 121.

96 See Appendix, page 369.

97 Sometimes given as Glauce.

98 Sometimes given as Milanion.

99 Ovid, Metam., Book X, line 610.

100 See Appendix, page 370.

101 See page 218.

102 See Appendix, page 370.

103 See page 179.

104 Some authorities say that it was Hippolyte whom Theseus married, and that she was therefore not slain by Hercules. This is the story that Shakespeare adopted in "Midsummer-Night's Dream."

105 See page 74.

106 See Appendix, page 371.

107 See page 229.

108 See Appendix, page 371.

109 Sophocles, Œdipus the King.

110 See Appendix, pages 371, 372.

111 This was the same Creon whose daughter Megara had married Hercules.

112 See page 234.