PYGMALION AND GALATEA Pygmalion was a sculptor who could think of nothing but his chisels and the ...
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Just at this time there was in Pygmalion's city a festival in honor of Venus, the Goddess of Bea ut...
Pygmalion watched in amazement. When he saw that his statue lived and moved, h e threw himself on t...
ARCAS AND CALLISTO There was once in peaceful Arcady, in Greece a fair and gentle nymph named Call...
When the other nymphs came to seek Callisto, they could not find her. Only a g reat hairy bear stoo...
As long as the shepherd was with Arcas, Callisto hid herself. But one day the youth came alone, hol...
Juno was angry when she saw the new constellations placed among the stars, but she could not int er...
TRANSFORMATIONS The gods were very fond of transform ing, or changing, the shape of things. They l...
Near her a lovely lotus tree drooped its branches over the water, and the baby reached his hands tow...
As she spoke the leaves spread over her face, and Dryope was completely hidden by the tree. To be s...
Apollo was the most beautiful of all the gods. Clytie had never seen anyone so splendid or so glori...
She forgot to eat and grew thinner and thinner. At last the g ods grew sorry for her and changed h...
The nymph Echo loved Narcissus. She hid herself near him and answered as he ta lked to the face in ...
They laughed about it together when they gathered on Mount Olympus. Just as a bit of fun, when Narc...
KING MIDAS 1 It happened one day that Silenus, who was the oldest of the satyrs and was now very ...