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.In "Stories of Gods and Heroes," "King Arthur and His Knights" and "The Mabinogeon" the aim has been to supply to the modern reader such knowledge of the fables of classical and mediaeval literature as is needed to render intelligible the allusions which occur in reading and conversation.The "Legends of Charlemagne" is intended to carry out the same design.Like the earlier portions of the work, it aspires to a higher character than that of a piece of mere amusement.It claims to be useful, in acquainting its readers with the subjects of the productions of the great poets of Italy.Some knowledge of these is expected of every well-educated young person.In reading these romances, we cannot fail to observe how the primitive inventions have been used, again and again, by successive generations of fabulists.The Siren of Ulysses is the prototype of the Siren of Orlando, and the character of Circe reappears in Alcina.The fountains of Love and Hatred may be traced to the story of Cupid and Psyche; and similar effects produced by a magic draught appear in the tale of Tristram and Isoude, and, substituting a flower for the draught, in Shakspeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream." There are many other instances of the same kind which the reader will recognize without our assistance.The sources whence we derive these stories are, first, the Italian poets named above; next, the "Romans de Chevalerie" of the Comte de Tressan; lastly, certain German collections of popular tales.Some chapters have been borrowed from Leigh Hunt's Translations from the Italian Poets.It seemed unnecessary to do over again what he had already done so well; yet, on the other hand, those stories could not be omitted from the series without leaving it incomplete.THOMAS BULFINCH.CONTENTSSTORIES OF GODS AND HEROESI.IntroductionII.Prometheus and PandoraIII.Apollo and Daphne—Pyramus and Thisbe—Cephalus and ProcrisIV.Juno and her Rivals, Io and Callisto—Diana and Actaeon—Latona and the RusticsV.PhaetonVI.Midas—Baucis and PhilemonVII.Proserpine—Glaucus and ScyllaVIII.Pygmalion—Dryope—Venus and Adonis—Apollo and HyacinthusIX.Ceyx and HalcyoneX.Vertumnus and Pomona—Iphis and AnaxareteXI.Cupid and PsycheXII.Cadmus—The MyrmidonsXIII.Nisus and Scylla—Echo and Narcissus—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 Cyclopes—Circe—Sirens—Scylla and Charybdis—CalypsoXXX.The Phaeacians—Fate of the SuitorsXXXI.Adventures of Aeneas—The Harpies—Dido—PalinurusXXXII.The Infernal Regions—The SibylXXXIII.Aeneas in Italy—Camilla—Evander—Nisus and Euryalus—Mezentius—TurnusXXXIV.Pythagoras—Egyptian Deities—OraclesXXXV.Origin of Mythology—Statues of Gods and Goddesses—Poets of MythologyXXXVI.Monsters (modern)—The Phoenix—Basilisk—Unicorn—SalamanderXXXVII.Eastern Mythology—Zoroaster—Hindu Mythology—Castes—Buddha—The Grand Lama—Prester JohnXXXVIII.Northern Mythology—Valhalla—The ValkyriorXXXIX.Thor's Visit to JotunheimXL.The Death of Baldur—The Elves—Runic Letters—Skalds—Iceland—Teutonic Mythology—The Nibelungen Lied—Wagner's Nibelungen RingXLI.The Druids—IonaKING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTSI.IntroductionII.The Mythical History of EnglandIII.MerlinIV.ArthurV.Arthur (Continued)VI.Sir GawainVII.Caradoc Briefbras; or, Caradoc with the Shrunken ArmVIII.Launcelot of the LakeIX.The Adventure of the CartX.The Lady of ShalottXI.Queen Guenever's PerilXII.Tristram and IsoudeXIII.Tristram and Isoude (Continued)XIV.Sir Tristram's Battle with Sir LauncelotXV.The Round TableXVI.Sir PalamedesXVII.Sir TristramXVIII.PercevalXIX.The Sangreal, or Holy GraalXX.The Sangreal (Continued)XXI.The Sangreal (Continued)XXII.Sir Agrivain's TreasonXXIII [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]