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Book Excerpt: s--Clytie--Hero and LeanderXIV. Minerva and Arachne--NiobeXV. The Graeae and Gorgons--Perseus and Medusa--Atlas--AndromedaXVI. Monsters: Giants--Sphinx--Pegasus and Chimaera--Centaurs--Griffin--PygmiesXVII. The Golden Fleece--MedeaXVIII. Meleager and AtalantaXIX. Hercules--Hebe and GanymedeXX. Theseus and Daedalus--Castor and Pollux--Festivals and GamesXXI. Bacchus and AriadneXXII. The Rural Deities--The Dryads and Erisichthon--Rhoecus--Water Deities--Camenae--WindsXXIII. Achelous and Hercules--Admetus and Alcestis--Antigone--PenelopeXXIV. Orpheus and Eurydice--Aristaeus--Amphion--Linus--Thamyris--Marsyas--Melampus--MusaeusXXV. Arion--Ibycus--Simonides--SapphoXXVI. Endymion--Orion--Aurora and Tithonus--Acis and GalateaXXVII. The Trojan WarXXVIII. The Fall of Troy--Return of the Greeks--Orestes and ElectraXXIX. Adventures of Ulysses--The Lotus-eaters--The CyclopesRead More