A Book of Myths

CONTENTS Preface Prometheus and Pandora Pygmalion Phaeton Endymion Orpheus Apollo and Daphne Psyche The Calydonian Hunt Atalanta Arachne Idas and Marpessa Arethusa Perseus the Hero Niobe Hyacinthus King Midas of the Golden Touch Ceyx and Halcyone Aristæus the Bee-Keeper Proserpine Latona and the Rustics Echo and Narcissus Icarus Clytie The Cranes of Ibycus Syrinx The Death of Adonis Pan Lorelei Freya, Queen of the Northern Gods The Death of Baldur Beowulf Roland the Paladin The Children of Lîr Deirdrê