A Book of Myths
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- First published
- 1914
- Pages
- 316
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Preface and Post-Script
11:12 -
Prometheus and Pandora
18:52 -
Pygmalion
8:52 -
Phaeton
18:42 -
Endymion
9:15 -
Orpheus
20:34 -
Apollo and Daphne
7:08 -
Psyche
41:54 -
The Calydonian Hunt
16:20 -
Atalanta
7:32 -
Arachné
14:28 -
Idas and Marpessa
18:46 -
Arethusa
8:36 -
Perseus the Hero
35:49 -
Niobe
9:30 -
Hyacinthus
8:24 -
King Midas of the Golden Touch
17:47 -
Ceyx and Halcyone
19:02 -
Aristaeus the Bee-Keeper
12:44 -
Proserpine
14:16 -
Latona and the Rustics
8:45 -
Echo and Narcissus
12:40 -
Icarus
15:35 -
Clytie
5:45 -
The Cranes of Ibycus
8:04 -
Syrinx
9:31 -
The Death of Adonis
12:34 -
Pan
19:54 -
Lorelei
12:24 -
Freya, Queen of the Northern Gods
13:47 -
The Death of Baldur
18:31 -
Beowulf
42:09 -
Roland the Paladin
41:44 -
The Children of Lir
31:31 -
Deirdrê
52:00
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About this book
Jean Lang gathered thirty-four of the old stories here and retold them in plain, unhurried English: Prometheus stealing fire, Pandora opening what she was told to leave shut, Pygmalion's statue waking, Midas ruined by his own wish, Orpheus going down after Eurydice. Most are Greek, though she does not stop there. Later chapters cross north and west for the Lorelei, Freya, the death of Baldur, Beowulf, Roland the Paladin, the Children of Lîr and Deirdrê. Lang breaks the narration with her own commentary and with lines from Milton, Keats, Tennyson and others the same myths had caught. She finished the book in 1914; it reached readers the next year, carrying a postscript that set Prometheus beside those enduring the war that had begun that August. Helen Stratton supplied the colour illustrations.
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Book facts
- Author
- Jean Lang
- First published
- 1914
- Reading time
- About 6 hours
- Pages
- 316
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Mythic Fantasy
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
- Audio read by
- James K. White