I must rescue them or share their misfortunes." "Very well," sai d Mercury. "There is a flower who...
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HOW TROUBLES CAME INTO THE WORLD A very long time ago, in the Golden Age, every one was good and h...
One day, after Prometheus had been gone for some time, Mercury came to the cottage of Epimetheus, l...
Often, Epimetheus was away all day, hunting or fishing or gathering grapes from the wild vines th a...
Nor was it always spring any longer. The fresh young grasses that had clothed al l the hillsides, a...
APOLLO AND DIANA One day, on an island in the Sea of the Dawn, twins a boy and a girl were born. T...
Carrying the twins in her arms, she wandered far away through cold and desolate lands. Juno followe...
Latona stood up and, holding her head high in anger, said to them, "Since you like this lake so wel...
Apollo told them that Jupiter had given it to him so that he might return to visit them. Jupiter sa...
Apollo sprang into the chariot, amazed and delighted at its wonderful beauty. Helios showed him the...
In the morning Apollo rose early to present himself to Jupiter before starting out on his daily jou...
APOLLO AND DAPHNE One day Cupid, the little god of l ove, sat on the bank of a river, playing with...
Although it did her no other harm, this little blunt arrow made Daphne feel afraid, and without know...
It was all the fault of the little golden-pointed arrow. Since this tree was all th at was left of ...
ENDYMION'S SLEEP When the plains below were parc hed and brown and dusty with the heat of summer, ...