CONTENTS

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Introduction xi
CHAPTER    
I. The Babe Herakles 1
II. Herakles is Doomed to Serve Eurystheus 4
III. The First Labor—The Nemean Lion 6
IV. The Second Labor—Herakles Kills the Water-Snake of Lake Lerna 9
V. The Third Labor—The Golden-Horned Hind 12
VI. The Fourth Labor—The Erymanthian Boar 15
VII. The Fifth Labor—Herakles Cleans the Augeian Stables 19
VIII. The Sixth Labor—The Birds of Stymphalos 22
IX. The Seventh Labor—Herakles Catches the Mad Bull of Crete 24
X. The Eighth Labor—The Horses of Diomedes 25
XI. The Ninth Labor—The Girdle of Hippolyte 27
XII. The Tenth Labor—The Cattle of Geryon 30
XIII. The Eleventh Labor—The Golden Apples of Hesperides 35
XIV. The Twelfth Labor—Herakles Fetches Cerberus Out of Hades 40
XV. Theseus, the Hero of Athens 43
XVI. The First Exploits of Theseus. He Finds His Father 47
XVII. The Adventures of Theseus 51
XVIII. The Adventures of Theseus 56
XIX. Jason, the Hero of Thessaly 60
XX. Jason Claims His Throne 63
XXI. The Expedition 69
XXII. Jason Finds the Golden Fleece 74
XXIII. Orpheus, the Hero of the Lyre 78
XXIV. Pelops, the Hero of the Peloponnesos 83
XXV. Perseus, the Hero of Argos 87
XXVI. Perseus Finds the Gorgons 92
XXVII. Perseus Rescues Andromeda 95
XXVIII. Perseus Becomes King of Tiryns 100
XXIX. Triptolemos, the Hero of Eleusis, and Demeter, the Earth-Mother 103
XXX. Demeter’s Grief 106
XXXI. Demeter’s Joy 111
XXXII. Triptolemos Becomes a Hero. Demeter’s Gift 116
XXXIII. Prometheus, the Champion of Mankind 118
XXXIV. Prometheus Unbound 122
XXXV. Deukalion, the Champion of a New Race 126
XXXVI. Dædalos, a Hero of Invention 132
XXXVII. Phaethon, a Hero of Bad Fortune 136
XXXVIII. The Death of Phaethon 141