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Skim and Scan The Giant List of Folklore Stories

Folklore, Folktales, Folk Heroes, Tall Tales, Fairy Tales, Hero Tales, Animal Tales, Fables, Myths, and Legends.

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Vol. 1 – Europe: South: Greece and Rome

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This volume is one of six volumes related to this topic:

Vol. 1: Europe: South: Greece and Rome Vol. 4: Native American & Indigenous People Vol. 2: Europe: North: Britain, Norse, Ireland, etc. Vol. 5: The United States Vol. 3: The Middle East, Africa, Asia, Slavic, Plants, Vol. 6: Children’s and Animals

So… what is this PDF? It’s a huge collection of tables of contents (TOCs). And each table of contents functions as a list of stories, usually placed into helpful categories. Each table of contents functions as both a list and an outline.

What’s it for? What’s its purpose? Well, it’s primarily for scholars who want to skim and scan and get an overview of the important stories and the categories of stories that have been passed down through history. Anyone who spends time skimming and scanning these six volumes will walk away with a solid framework for understanding folklore stories. Here are eight more types of scholars who will just love these lists.

The Eight Types of Scholars Who Will Love These Lists

1. Scholars who want to lightly and occasionally skim and scan and create a mental framework of folklore story.

2. Scholars who want to create a mental framework before they begin reading the important stories that have been handed down through time. These scholars want to see the whole before they start selecting the parts that they want to spend time on.

3. Scholars who want to understand the genres better.

4. Scholars who are reading a book and they want to place it in a larger perspective.

5. Scholars who are reading a book and they want to see just what kind of simplification it is. • Ex. There are not just 12 Aesop’s Fables. • Ex. I keep hearing about the same seven fairy tales. Are there more?

6. Scholars who want to use these lists with other resources (e.g., Cliff’s Notes, study sheets, memorization strategies, timelines, anthologies, etc.) to create a serious foundation of folklore story.

7. Scholars who want a list of folklore books that they can download for free over at Project Gutenberg, Archive, or Google books.

8. Scholars who want to understand world cultures.

Many people will have a special area of interest. e.g., classical mythology, American folklore, folktales, fairy tales, etc. You will find that no two TOCs are exactly the same. If you compare and contrast them, you will better understand your specific topic of interest.

One great thing about TOCs is that someone took the time to select and organize what he or she felt was most important. While many approach the topic in similar ways, many others approach the topic in novel ways. The truth of the topic lies in the differences between the TOCs.

What’s a folktale? What’s a fairy tale? What’s a myth? What’s a legend? As you skim and scan through these titles and categories, you will come to understand much about all of these types of stories just by analyzing the categories and the titles.

Many of the stories in these lists are folklore, which means that people told the stories before someone wrote them down. However, some have come down through literature, and with modern folklore (e.g., American folklore), the written word may have played an even larger role.

Most of these stories are important and relevant The purpose of the stories is often twofold: because they relate to one or more of these topics: 1. History 1. Entertain 2. Culture 2. Teach 3. Religion

Creating an Amazing Mental Framework of Literature and Story

One of the goals of these lists is to help people create an amazing mental framework of story and literature. I believe that anyone who does create an amazing mental framework of literature and story will be more interested in literature and story. These people will also appear to be well-read and highly knowledgeable. One does not need to read “all the books” to create an amazing mental framework of literature and story.

Previously, we had one type of list to help us create this amazing mental framework:

Type 1: Recommended-reading lists, book award lists, best-of-genre lists, etc.

Now we have a second type of list:

Type 2: The Giant List of Folklore Stories

3 Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay – Guaranteed Fast and Effective! © 2018 The Giant List of Stories - Vol. 1 Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay Over the years, I’ve collected many recommended-reading lists, book-award lists, and best-of-genre lists. Occasionally, I find a reason to browse through my lists, and sometimes I search for even more lists. These lists provide a framework for understanding the world of literature.

But recently, I was giving students some definitions and characteristics for a variety of different types of folklore stories, and they seemed like dangerous oversimplifications. When I arrived home, I began to compare the definitions with a bunch of tables of contents. Although the definitions and characteristics were nice guidelines, they were an oversimplification.

Because most of these types of stories have a public domain version (primarily before 1923) over on Project Gutenberg, Archive, or Google books, I began collecting an assortment of table of contents. After a while, I liked what I saw! I saw a large framework for understanding many important and commonly referenced stories!

The Important Stories: The Commonly Referenced Stories

Many people have strong ideas about what the important stories are. With the goal of creating a mental framework of literature and story, we could say that the important stories are the commonly referenced stories. When we have a mental framework of literature and story, not only are we more likely to devote more time to reading the important stories, but we often come to understand the importance and significance of many stories without actually reading them.

An equally important point is this: When we have a mental framework of story and literature, we grasp the references that so many highly intelligent people make. Scientists, tech titans, politicians, artists, and the popular media all routinely reference important stories. Naturally, we must understand the stories to truly grasp the references—and that takes time. However, with a well- rounded mental framework of story, we are far more likely to grasp the gist of the references and the significance of the references without needing to devote our lives to understanding every single famous story. Without a mental framework of story, we frequently don’t grasp that an important story has been referenced. So we miss the reference, along with the fact that something has been referenced.

Underestimating the Importance of Story

The Common Core devoted an entire page to “The Special Place of Argument in the Standards.” I respect that choice. However, Plato (c. 428 BC – c. 348 BC) banned storytellers from his Republic for a reason.

4 Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay – Guaranteed Fast and Effective! © 2018 The Giant List of Stories - Vol. 1 Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay The reality of life is this: Often, one person puts forth a logically effective argument, but the argument is ignored because the next speaker is a skilled persuader who puts forth a logically effective argument using story. As with Cicero and Demosthenes, the first speaker speaks and the audience comments, “How well he spoke”; but with the second speaker, the audience cries, “Let us march!”

Right from the beginning, we should probably do a better job of teaching students that STORY is a communication tool and not just a form of entertainment.

Certainly, students must be able to read and comprehend stories, and it’s sure nice if they can write them reasonably well. But from a personal and societal perspective, that’s the tip of the iceberg as relates to the importance of story in human communication and human experience. To a large degree, societies function in story form. We make sense of the world in story form, and we view ourselves in story form. Furthermore, communication is often more effective if the communicator uses story as a component of the communication. This holds true for arguments, news stories, history, sales presentations, reprimands, and more.

Skim and Scan

You have probably heard of Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) and the Hero’s Journey. Well, he began his own journey into story by spending five years reading and studying the folklore stories that have been passed down through time.

You may not have five years to devote to story, but if you spend a couple of hours over the next few months skimming and scanning all six “Giant List of Folklore Stories,” you will have a much improved mental framework of story.

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The Giant List of Folklore Stories

Europe: South

Greece and Rome

Plus an “Ancient World: Mixed” Section

Europe: South: Greece and Rome

1. The Greek Myths (2014) by Sally See 2. Myths of Crete & Pre-Hellenic Europe (1917) by Donald A. Mackenzie 3. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes (1940, 1969) by Edith Hamilton 4. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome (1880) by E.M. Berens 5. Tales About the Mythology of Greece and Rome (1839) by Peter Parley 6. Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable (1855) by Thomas Bulfinch 7. Greek and Roman Mythology: Based on Steuding's Griechische Und Römische Mythologie (1897) by Herbert Cushing Tolman, et al. 8. Homer’s Iliad for Boys and Girls (1907) by Alfred J. Church 9. Homer’s Odyssey for Boys and Girls (1906) by Alfred J. Church 10. Stories from Homer (1878) by Alfred J. Church 11. The Story of the Odyssey (1891) by Alfred J. Church 12. Stories from the Greek Tragedians (1879) by Alfred J. Church 13. Virgil’s Aeneid for Boys and Girls (1908) by Alfred J. Church 14. Stories from the Iliad (1908) by H. L. Havell 15. Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew (1897) by Josephine Preston Peabody 16. Stories from the Odyssey retold by H. L. Havell 17. Tales of Troy and Greece (1907) by Andrew Lang 18. The Heroes or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children (1889) by Charles Kingsley 19. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art (1893) by H. A. Guerber 20. The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived before Achilles (1921) by Padraig Colum 21. The Adventures of Ulysses (1808) by Charles Lamb 22. Hercules, the Hero of Thebes, and Other Heroes of the Myth (1900) - Adapted from the Second Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece by Mary E. Burt and Zenaïde A. Ragozin 23. Half a Hundred Hero Tales of Ulysses and The Men of Old (1913) edited by Francis Storr

The Ancient World: Mixed

1. Bulfinch's Mythology (1881) by Thomas Bulfinch 2. Volume 1: The Age of Fable, or Stories of Gods and Heroes (1855) 3. Volume 2: The Age of Chivalry, or Legends of King Arthur (1858) 4. Volume 3: Legends of Charlemagne, or Romance of the Middle Ages (1863) 5. The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (1893, 1911) By Charles Mills Gayley 6. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages (1867) by Sabine Baring-Gould 7. A Book of Myths (1914) by Jean Lang 8. Hero Tales (1914) by James Baldwin (not the essayist) 7 Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay – Guaranteed Fast and Effective! © 2018 The Giant List of Stories - Vol. 1 Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay

The Greek Myths (2014) by Sally See

I. The Primordials V. Other Gods and Goddesses cont. 3. Hestia II. The Titans 4. Hebe 1. The First Titans 5. Iris 2. Second Generation of Titans 6. Anteros 3. Uranus Dethroned by Cronus 7. Chiron the Centaur 8. Pan 9. Asclepius, God of Medicine III. The Twelve Olympians of the 10. Eurynome and the Charites Pantheon (w/ Roman equivalent names.) 11. Other Aquatic Deities 1. Zeus - God of the Sky (Jupiter) 2. Poseidon - God of the Sea (Neptune) VI. Short Stories 3. Hades - God of the Underworld [Not a true 1. Hera's Rebellion against Zeus Olympian: Demeter (Ceres) usually fills this 2. Founding of Athens slot.] 3. lon, Son of Apollo 4. Hera - Queen of the Gods (Juno) 4. Punishment of Ixion 5. Artemis - Goddess of Hunt (Diana) 5. Halia, Rhode and the Heliadae 6. Apollo - God of Light (Apollo) 6. Phaethon, Son of Helios 7. Athena - Goddess of Wisdom (Minerva) 7. Sisyphus and his Eternal Punishment 8. Hephaestus - The Smith God (Vulcan) 8. The Abduction of Europa 9. Aphrodite - Goddess of Love and Beauty 9. Cadmus, Founder of Thebes (Venus) 10. Phrixus and Helle 10. Ares - God of War (Mars) 11. Founding of Troy 11. Hermes - The Messenger God (Mercury) 12. Amphion and Zethus, the Twins of Thebes 12. Dionysus - God of Wine (Bacchus) – [Note: 13. Aeacus, the Renowned King of Aegina Replaced Hestia (Vesta)] 14. Arethusa and Alpheus, the Well and the River 15. Actaeon, the Hunter Who Saw Artemis IV. The Creation and the Spread of Bathing Man 16. Orion, the Gigantic Hunter 1. Prometheus - The Benefactor of Man 17. Melampus, a Seer that Understood Animal 2. Pandora - The First Woman Language 3. The Flood of Deucalion 18. Admetus, the Man Whom Apollo Thanked 4. Five Ages of Man 19. "Midas Touch" 20. Cephalus and Procris V. Other Gods and Goddesses 21. Daedalus, the Skillful Craftsman 1. Demeter and Persephone 22. Codrus, Last King of Athens 2. Eros (Cupid) and Psyche 23. Pygmalion and Galatea 8 Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay – Guaranteed Fast and Effective! © 2018 The Giant List of Stories - Vol. 1 Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay

VII. Metamorphoses and Nature X. Myths of Constellations Myths 1. Laelaps and the Teumessian Fox 1. Myrrha 2. Crotus the Archer 2. Adonis 3. Arion and the Dolphin 3. Echo and Narcissus 4. Bellerophon and Pegasus 4. Clytie 5. Castor and Pollux 5. Hyacinth, Lover of Apollo 6. Cup-bearer Ganymede 6. Arachne the Weaver 7. The Crow to Fetch Water 7. Chelone Becoming the Tortoise 8. Icarius the Winemaker 8. Baucis and Philemon, the Hospitable Couple 9. Aphrodite Derceto, the Mermaid 9. Nisus and Scylla 10. Ceyx and Alcyone XI. The Epics 11. Galatea, Acis and Polyphemus 1. Trojan War 12. Pyramus and Thisbe 2. Odyssey

VIII. Heroes and the Adventures XII. Appendex 1. Perseus and Medusa 1. Maps of Anicent Greece and the 2. Heracles and His Labours Mediterranean 3. Jason and the Argonauts 2. Maps of Constellations 4. Peleus, Father of Achilles 3. Greek-Roman Names of the Divines 5. Theseus and the Minotaur 6. Orpheus to the Underworld 7. Atalanta and the Race with Hippomenes 8. Oedipus and the Seven against Thebes

IX. House of Atreus 1. Tantalus and his Heinous Crime 2. Pelops and the Charioteer Myrtilus 3. Niobe, a Mother Who Angered Leto 4. Atreus and Thyestes, Sons of Pelops 5. Agamemnon and Menelaus, Kings in the Trojan War 6. Orestes and the End of the Family Curse

Myths of Crete & Pre-Hellenic Europe (1917) by Donald A. Mackenzie

1. Primitive Europeans of the Glacial and Inter- 7. Races and Myths of Neolithic Crete glacial Periods 8. Pre-Hellenic Earth and Corn Mothers 2. Palæolithic Magic and Religion 9. Growth of Cretan Culture and Commerce 3. Ancient Peoples of the Goddess Cult 10. Trading Relations with Troy 4. History in Myth and Legend--Schliemann's 11. Life in the Little Towns Discoveries 12. The Palace of Phæstos 5. Crete as the Lost Atlantis 13. Cave Deities and their Symbols 6. The Great Palace of Knossos 14. Decline of Crete and Rise of Greece

Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes (1940, 1969) by Edith Hamilton

Please Note: “Part Seven: The Mythology of the Norsemen” is omitted to keep the focus strictly on Greek and Roman mythology.

Introduction to Classical Mythology 1. The Mythology of the Greeks 2. The Greek and Roman Writers of Mythology

Part One: The Gods, the Creation, and the Earliest Heroes

1. The Gods 1. The Titans and the Twelve Great Olympians 2. The Lesser Gods of Olympus 3. The Gods of the Waters 4. The Underworld 5. The Lesser Gods of Earth 6. The Roman Gods

2. The Two Great Gods of Earth 1. Demeter (Ceres) 2. Dionysus or Bacchus

3. How the World and Mankind Were Created 1. The Earliest Heroes 2. Prometheus and Io 3. Europa 4. The Cyclops Polyphemus 5. Fower-Myths: Narcissus, Hyacinth, Adonis

Part Two: Stories of Love and Adventure Do You Need a 5. Cupid and Psyche Foundation, a 6. Eight Brief Tales of Lovers Framework, and 1. Pyramus and Thisbe 2. Orpheus and Eurydice a Methodology 3. Ceyx and Alcyone 4. Pygmalion and Galatea for Teaching 5. Baucis and Philemon 6. Endymion Writing? 7. Daphne 8. Apheus and Arethusa If so, please check out:

7. The Quest of the Golden Fleece Pattern Based 8. Four Great Adventures 1. Phaethon Writing: Quick 2. Pegasus and Bellerophon 3. Otus and Ephialtes & Easy Essay! 4. Daedalus

Part Three: The Great Heroes before the Trojan War 1. Perseus 2. Theseus 3. Hercules 4. Atalanta

Part Four: The Heroes of the Trojan War

13. The Trojan War 1. Prologue: The Judgment of Paris 2. The Trojan War

14. The Fall of Troy

15. The Adventures of Odysseus

16. The Adventures of Aeneas 1. Part One: From Troy to Italy 2. Part Two: The Descent into the Lower World 3. Part Three: The War in Italy

Part Five: The Great Families of Mythology

17. The House of Atreus 1. Tantalus and Niobe 2. Agamemnon and His Children 3. Iphigenia among the Taurians

18. The Royal House of Thebes 1. Cadmus and His Children 2. Oedipus 3. Antigone 4. The Seven against Thebes

19. The Royal House of Athens 1. Cecrops 2. Procne and Philomela 3. Procris and Cephalus 4. Orithyia and Boreas 5. Creusa and Ion

Part Six: The Less Important Myths

20. Midas—and Others 1. Midas 2. Aesculapius 3. TheDanaids 4. Glaucus and Scylla 5. Erysichthon 6. Pomona and Vertumnus

21. Brief Myths Arranged Alphabetically

Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome (1880) by E.M. Berens

Part 1: Myths d. Night and Her Children • First Dynasty e. Roman Divinities • Second Dynasty f. Public Worship of the Ancient Greeks and • Third Dynasty Romans a. Olympian Divinities g. Greek Festivals b. Sea Divinities h. Roman Festivals c. Minor Divinities Part 2: Legends

Note: The Roman equivelant to the Greek names are in parentheses: e.g. Zeus (Jupiter)

Part 1: Myths b. Sea Divinities

First Dynasty 1. Oceanus 1. Origin of the World--Uranus and Gæa 2. Nereus (Coelus and Terra) 3. Proteus 4. Triton and the Tritons Second Dynasty 5. Glaucus 1. Cronus (Saturn) 6. Thetis 2. Rhea (Ops) 7. Thaumas, Phorcys, and Ceto 3. Division of the World 8. Leucothea 4. Theories As To the Origin of Man 9. The Sirens 10. Ares (Mars) Third Dynasty 11. Nike (Victoria)

12. Hermes (Mercury) a. Olympian Divinities 13. Dionysus (Bacchus Or Liber) 1. Zeus (Jupiter) 14. Aïdes (Pluto) 2. Hera (Juno) 15. Plutus 3. Pallas-Athene (Minerva) 4. Themis c. Minor Divinities 5. Hestia (Vesta) 1. The Harpies 6. Demeter (Ceres) 2. Erinyes, Eumenides (Furiæ, Diræ) 7. Aphrodite (Venus) 3. Moiræ Or Fates (Parcæ) 8. Helios (Sol) 4. Nemesis 9. Eos (Aurora) 10. Phoebus-Apollo d. Night and Her Children 11. Hecate 1. Nyx (Nox) 12. Selene (Luna) 2. Thanatos (Mors), Hypnus (Somnus) 13. Artemis (Diana) 3. Morpheus 14. Hephæstus (Vulcan) 4. The Gorgons 15. Poseidon (Neptune) 5. Grææ 13 Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay – Guaranteed Fast and Effective! © 2018 The Giant List of Stories - Vol. 1 Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay 6. Sphinx f. Public Worship of the Ancient 7. Tyche (Fortuna) and Ananke (Necessitas) Greeks and Romans 8. Ker 1. Temples 9. Ate 2. Statues 10. Momus 3. Altars 11. Eros (Cupid, Amor) and Psyche 4. Priests 12. Hymen 5. Sacrifices 13. Iris 6. Oracles 14. Hebe (Juventas) 7. Soothsayers 15. Ganymedes 8. Augurs 16. The Muses 9. Festivals 17. Pegasus 18. The Hesperides g. Greek Festivals 19. Charites Or Graces 1. Eleusinian Mysteries 20. Horæ (Seasons) 2. Thesmophoria 21. The Nymphs 3. Dionysia 22. The Winds 4. Panathenæa 23. Pan (Faunus) 5. Daphnephoria

24. The Satyrs h. Roman Festivals 25. Priapus 1. Saturnalia 26. Asclepias (Æsculapius) 2. Cerealia e. Roman Divinities 3. Vestalia

1. Janus Part 2: Legends 2. Flora 1. Cadmus 3. Robigus 2. Perseus 4. Pomona 3. Ion 5. Vertumnus 4. Dædalus and Icarus 6. Pales 5. The Argonauts 7. Picus 6. Pelops 8. Picumnus and Pilumnus 7. Heracles 9. Silvanus 8. Bellerophon 10. Terminus 9. Theseus 11. Consus 10. Oedipus 12. Libitina 11. The Seven Against Thebes 13. Laverna 12. The Epigoni 14. Comus 13. Alcmæon and the Necklace 15. Camenæ 14. The Heraclidæ 16. Genii 15. The Siege of Troy 17. Manes 16. Return of the Greeks From Troy 18. Penates

Tales About the Mythology of Greece and Rome (1839) by Peter Parley

Celestial Gods: 1) Jupiter, 2) Apollo, 3) Mars, 4) Mercury, 5) Bacchus, 6) Vulcan

Celestial Goddesses: 1) Juno, 2) Minerva, or Pallas, 3) Venus with Cupid, 4) Diana, or Luna, 5) Ceres, 6) Vesta

Marine Gods: 1) Neptune, 2) Triton, 3) Oceanus, 4) Nereus

Infernal Deities: 1) Pluto, 2) Plutus, 3) Somnus

Terrestrial Gods and Goddesses: 1) Latona, 2) Aurora, 3) Pan, 4) Flora, 5) Pales , 6) Comus, 7) Feronia, 8) Pomona, 9) Aeolus, 10) Momus, 11) Astrea, 12) Terminus, 13) Nemesis

The More Ancient Gods: 1) Chaos, Coelus, and Terra, 2) Saturn , 3) Janus

Nymphs and Satyrs

The Muses, Graces, and Sirens: 1) The Muses, 2) The Graces, 3) The Sirens

The Furies, Fates, Harpies, Lares, and Manes: 1) The Furies, 2) The Fates, 3) The Harpies, 4) Lares and Manes

Demi-Gods and Heroes: 1) Hercules, 2) Jason, 3) Theseus, 4) Castor and Pollux, 5) Perseus, 6) Esculapius, 7) Prometheus, 8) Atlas, 9) Orpheus, 10) Amphion, 11) Romulus and Remus

Tartarus and Elysium: Charon, Tityus, Ixion, Tantalus, Sisyphus, and the Danaides

Temples, Images, Altars, Groves, and Consecrations: 1) Temples, 2) Images, 3) Altars, 4) Groves, 5) Consecrations,

Priests, Sacrifices, Prayers, Oaths, and Athenian Laws

Divination: 1) Oracles, 2) Theomancy, 3) Auguries, Omens, Flights of Birds, 4) Dreams, Lots, Rods, and Arrows, 5) Magic and Incantations

Festivals, Mysteries, and Games: 1) Festivals, 2) Mysteries, 3) Games

Celebrated Mountains—Olympus, Parnassus, Helicon, Pindus, Ossa, Pelion, Athos, and Atlas

The Seven Wonders of the World

The Iliad, The Odyssey, and The Aeneid

15 Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay – Guaranteed Fast and Effective! © 2018 The Giant List of Stories - Vol. 1 Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable (1855) by Thomas Bulfinch

Chapter 1: Origin of Greeks and Romans. The Aryan Family. The Divinities of these Nations. Character of the Romans. Greek notion of the World. Dawn, Sun, and Moon. Jupiter and the gods of Olympus. Foreign gods. Latin Names.-- Saturn or Kronos. Titans. Juno, Vulcan, Mars, Phoebus-Apollo, Venus, Cupid, Minerva, Mercury, Ceres, Bacchus. The Muses. The Graces. The Fates. The Furies. Pan. The Satyrs. Momus. Plutus. Roman gods.

Chapter 2: Roman Idea of Creation. Golden Age. Milky Way. Parnassus. The Deluge. Deucalion and Pyrrha. Pandora. Prometheus. Apollo and Daphne. Pyramus and Thisbe. Davy's Safety Lamp. Cephalus and Procris

Chapter 3: Juno. Syrinx, or Pandean Pipes. Argus's Eyes. Io. Callisto Constellations of Great and Little Bear. Pole-star. Diana. Actaeon. Latona. Rustics turned to Frogs. Isle of Delos. Phaeton. Palace of the Sun. Phoebus. Day. Month. Year. Hours. Seasons. Chariot of the sun. People of Aethiopia. Libyan Desert. The Wells Dry. The Sea Shrinks. Phaeton's Tomb. The Heliades

Chapter 4: Silenus. Midas. Bacchus's Reward to Midas. River Pactolus. Pan Challenges Apollo. Midas's Ears. Gordian Knot. Baucis and Philemon. Aetna. Perpetual Spring. Pluto carries off Prosperine. Cere's Search. Prosperine's Release. Eleusinian Mysteries. Glaucis changed to a Fish. Scylla

Chapter 5: Pygmalion's Statue. Dryope and Iole. Lotus Tree. Venus and Adonis. Anemone or Wind Flower. Apollo and Hyacinthus. Game of Quoits. Flower Hyacinthus. Ceyx and Halcyone. Palace of the King of Sleep. Morpheus. Halcyon Birds.

Chapter 6: Hamadryads. Pomona. Vertumnus. Iphis. Cupid and Psyche. Zephyr. Temple of Ceres. Temple of Venus. The Ant. Golden Fleece. Pluto. Cerberus. Charon. The Treasure. Stygian Sleep. Cup of Ambrosia. Birth of Pleasure. Greek name of Psyche.

Chapter 7: Cadmus. Origin of City of Thebes. Tyrians. Serpent. Dragon's Teeth. Harmonia. Serpent Sacred to Mars. Myrmidons. Cephalus. Aeacus. Pestilence Sent by June. Origin of Myrmidons.

Chapter 8: Minos, King of Crete. Nisus, his purple hair. Scylla's Betrayal. Her Punishment. Echo. Juno's Sentence. Narcissus. Love for his own image. Clytie. Hopeless Love for Apollo. Becomes a Flower. Hero and Leander. Hellespont

16 Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay – Guaranteed Fast and Effective! © 2018 The Giant List of Stories - Vol. 1 Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay Chapter 9: Goddess of Wisdom. Arachne. Her Challenge with Minerva. Minerva's Web. Arachne's Web. Transformation. Niobe Queen of Thebes. Mount Cynthus. Death of Niobe's Children. Changed to stone. The Gray-haired Sisters. The Gorgon Medusa. Tower of brass. Danae. Perseus. Net of Dicte. Minerva. King Atlas. Andromeda. Sea Monster. Wedding Feast. Enemies Turned to Stone.

Chapter 10: Attributes of Monsters. Laius. Oedipus. The Oracle. Sphinx. The Riddle. Oedipus made King. Jocasta. Origin of Pegasus. Fountain of Hippocrene. The Chimaera. Bellerophontic Letters. The Centaurs. The Pygmies. Description of the Griffin. The Native Country. One-Eyed People

Chapter 11: The Ram with the Golden Fleece. The Hellespont. Jason's Quest. Sowing the Dragon's Teeth. Jason's Father. Incantations of Medea. Ancient Name of Greece. Great Gatherings of the Greeks. Wild Boar. Atalanta's Race. Three Golden Apples. Lovers' Ingratitude. Venus's Revenge. Corybantes

Chapter 12: Labors of Hercules.-- Fight with Nemean Lion.-- Slaughter of the Hydra. Cleaning the Augean Stables.-- Girdle of the Queen of the Amazons.-- Oxen of Geryon.-- Golden Apples of Hesperides.-- Victory over Antaeus.-- Cacus Slain.-- Hercules, Descent into Hades.-- He Becomes the Slave of Omphale.-- Dejanira's Charm.-- Death of Hercules.-- Hebe, Goddess of Youth

Chapter 13: Theseus Moves the Fated Stone, and Proceeds to Athens.-- Procrustes's Bedstead.-- Tribute to Minos.-- Ariadne.-- Clew of Thread.-- Encounter with the Minotaur.-- Theseus Becomes King of Athens.-- Friendship of Theseus and Pirithous. The Theseum.-- Festival of Panathenaea.-- Elgin Marbles.-- National Greek Games.-- The Labyrinth.-- Daedalus' Wings.-- Invention of the Saw.-- Castor and Pollux.-- Argonautic Expedition.-- Orpheus's Harp.-- Gemini

Chapter 14: Destruction of Semele.-- Infancy of Bacchus.-- March of Bacchus.- - One of the Bacchanals taken Prisoner.-- Pentheus.-- Worship of Bacchus Established in Greece.-- Ariadne.-- Bacchus's Marriage.-- Ariadne's Crown

Chapter 15: Pan.-- Shepherd's Pipe.-- Panic Terror.-- Signification of the Name Pan.-- Latin Divinities.-- Wood Nymphs.-- Water Nymphs.-- Sea Nymphs. Pleasing Traits of Old Paganism.-- Mrs. Browning's Poem.-- Violation of Cere's Grove.-- Erisichthon's Punishment.-- Rhoecus.-- Water Deities.- - Neptune's Symbol of Power.-- Latin Name for the Muses, and other Deities.-- Personification of the Winds. The Harpies.-- Worship of Fortuna

Chapter 16: Transformation of Achelous.-- Origin of the Cornucopia.-- Ancient Meaning of fight of Achelous with Hercules.-- Aesculapius.-- The Cyclops. Antigone.-- Expedition of the "Seven against

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Chapter 17: Orpheus's Lyre.-- Unhappy Prognostics at Orpheus's Marriage.-- Eurydice's Death.-- Orpheus Descends to the Stygian Realm.-- Orpheus Loses Eurydice Forever.-- Thracian Maidens.-- Honey.-- Aristaeus's Loss and Complaint.-- Cyrene's Apartments.-- Proteus Captured.-- His Directions to Orpheus.-- Swarm of Bees.-- Celebrated Mythical Poets and Musicians.-- First Mortal Endowed with Prophetic Powers

Chapter 18: Adventures of Real Persons.-- Arion, Famous Musician.-- Description of Ancient Theatres.-- Murder of Ibycus.-- Chorus Personating the Furies.-- Cranes of Ibycus.-- The Murderers Seized.-- Simonides.-- Scopa's Jest. Simonides's Escape.-- Sappho.-- "Lover's Leap"

Chapter 19: Endymion.-- Mount Latmos. Gift of Perpetual Youth and Perpetual Sleep.-- Orion.-- Kedalion.-- Orion's Girdle.-- The Fatal Shot The Pleiads.-- Aurora.-- Memnon.-- statue of Memnon.-- Scylla.-- Acis and Galatea.-- River Acis

Chapter 20: Minerva's Competition.-- Paris's Decision.-- Helen.-- Paris's Elopement.-- Ulysses's Pretence.-- The Apple of Discord.-- Priam, King of Troy.-- Commander of Grecian Armament.-- Principal Leaders of the Trojans.-- Agamemnon Kills the Sacred Stag.-- Iphigenia.-- The Trojan War.-- The Iliad.-- Interest of Dods and Goddesses in the War.-- Achilles's Suit of Armor.-- Death of Hector.-- Ransom Sent to Achilles.-- Achilles Grants Priam's Request.-- Hector's Funeral Solemnities.

Chapter 21: Achilles Captivated by Polyxena.-- Achilles' Claim.-- Bestowal of Achilles' Armor.-- The Hyacinth.-- Arrows of Hercules.-- Death of Paris.-- Celebrated Statue of Minerva.-- Wooden Horse.-- Greeks Pretend to Abandon the Siege.-- Sea Serpents.-- Laocoon.-- Troy subdued.-- Helen and Menelaus.-- Nepenthe.-- Agamemnon's Misfortunes.-- Orestes.-- Electra.-- Site of the City of Troy

Chapter 22: The Odyssey.-- The Wanderings of Ulysses.-- Country of the Cyclops.-- The Island of Aeolus.-- The Barbarous Tribe of Laestrygonians.-- Circe.-- The Sirens.-- Scylla and Charybdis.-- Cattle of Hyperion.-- Ulysses's Raft.-- Calypso Entertains Ulysses.-- Telemachus and Mentor Escape from Calypso's Isle

Chapter 23: Ulysses Abandons the Raft.-- The Country of the Phaeacians.-- Nausicaa's Dream.-- A Game of Ball.-- Ulysses's Dilemma.-- Nausicaa's Courage.-- The Palace of Alcinous.-- Skill of the Phaeacian Women.-- Hospitality to Ulysses.-- Demodocus, the Blind Bard.-- Gifts to Ulysses

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Greek and Roman Mythology: Based on Steuding's Griechische Und Römische Mythologie (1897) by Herbert Cushing Tolman, et al.

A. The Origin of Myths 1. The Soul and the Worship of the Dead 2. The Divinities of Nature 3. The Worship of the Gods

B. The Greek Gods

I. The Divinities of The Heavens 1. Representatives of the Phenomena of the Thunderstorm: Zeus (Giants, Cyclops); Hephaestus; Prometheus; Athena (Erinyes, Gorgons, Graeae) 2. Wind Divinities: Harpies; Wind gods; Hermes 3. Divinities of Light: Apollo; Helios; Hera; Artemis; Hecate; Selene; Stars; Eos: Iris

II. The Divinities of the Earth 1. Fire Goddess: Hestia 2. Water Divinities: Lesser Sea divinities; Poseidon; River gods; Centaurs; Sileni; Nymphs 3. Divinities of Growth: Satyrs; Pau; Dionysus; Demeter and Core; Gaea

III. The Divinities of the Lower World 1. Divinities of Death: Hades 2. Divinities of Sickness and Healing: Aesculapius

IV. Personifications 1. The Divinities of Love, Social Intercourse, Order, and Justice: Aphrodite; Eros; Charites; Muses; Horae and Themis 2. The Divinities of War and Strife: Ares 3. The Divinities of Destiny: Moerae; Nemesis, Tyche 19 Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay – Guaranteed Fast and Effective! © 2018 The Giant List of Stories - Vol. 1 Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay

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1. Thebes: Cadmus; Antiope; Niobe 2. Argolis: Io; Danaús; Perseus; Tantalus 3. Corinth: Sisyphus; Bellerophontes 4. Laconia: Dioscuri; Helen 5. Hercules 6. Theseus

Cycles or Myths 1. Meleager and the Calydonian Hunt 2. The Argonauts 3. The Theban Cycle 4. The Trojan Cycle

D. The Roman Gods

I. Divinities Not Reduced To a Uniform Conception 1. Souls: Genii, Junones, Lares, Manes, Lemures, Larvae 2. Spirits of Activity: Indigetes

II. Deified Forces or Nature, and Divinities Closely Related To Spirits of Activity 1. Spring goddesses; River gods; Neptunus 2. Janus, Vesta, Volcanus, Saturnus, Consus, and Ops 3. Divinities of Fruitfulness: Faunus, Silvanus, Liber, Vertumnus, Fauna, Feronia, Flora, Pales, Diana 4. Mars, Quirinus

III. Divinities of the Heavens: Jupiter; Juno

IV. Divinities of Death: Orcus, Mania, Lara

V. Personifications

VI. Divinities Originally Foreign

Homer’s Iliad for Boys and Girls (1907) by Alfred J. Church

1. Of How the War with Troy Began 14. The Story of Old Phoenix 2. The Quarrel 15. The Adventure of Diomed and Ulysses 3. What Thetis Did for Her Son 16. The Wounding of the Chiefs 4. The Duel of Paris and Menelaus 17. The Battle at the Wall 5. How the Oath Was Broken 18. The Battle at the Ships 6. The Great Deeds of Diomed 19. The Deeds and Death of Patroclus 7. Concerning Other Valiant Deeds 20. The Rousing of Achilles 8. Of Glaucus and Diomed 21. The Making of the Arms 9. Hector and Andromache 22. The Quarrel Ended 10. How Hector and Ajax Fought 23. The Battle at the River 11. The Battle on the Plain 24. The Slaying of Hector 12. The Repentance of Agamemnon 25. The Ransoming of Hector 13. The Embassy to Achilles 26. The End of Troy

Homer’s Odyssey for Boys and Girls (1906) by Alfred J. Church

1. The Cyclops 13. Ithaca 2. Of the Home of the Winds and of Circe 14. Eumaeus 3. Of the Sirens and Other Wonders 15. Ulysses and His Son 4. Of What Happened in Ithaca 16. Of the Dog Argus and Other Things 5. How Telemachus Went to Look for His Father 17. Of the Beggar Irus and Other Things 6. How Telemachus Saw Nestor 18. How Ulysses Was Made Known 7. How Telemachus Came to Sparta 19. The Trial of the Bow 8. Menelaus's Story 20. The Slaying of the Suitors 9. How Ulysses Came to the Phaeacians 21. At Last 10. Nausicaa 22. Of Laertes 11. Alcinous 23. How There Was Peace Between Ulysses and 12. Ulysses Among the Phaeacians his People

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The Iliad The Odyssey

1. The Quarrel of the Chiefs 1. The Cyclops 2. The Broken Covenant 2. The Island of Aeolus - the Laestrygons – Circe 3. The Battle In the Plain 3. The Regions of the Dead - Scylla the Oxen of 4. Hector and Andromache the Sun - Calypso 5. The Duel of Hector and Ajax 4. Telemachus and Penelope 6. The Adventure of Ulysses and Diomed 5. Nestor and Menelaus 7. The Wounding of the Chiefs 6. Ulysses On His Raft 8. The Battle at the Wall 7. Nausicaa and Alcinous 9. The Battle at the Ships 8. Ulysses and the Swineherd 10. The Battle at the Ships (Continued) 9. The Return of Telemachus 11. The Deeds and Death of Patroclus 10. Ulysses In His Home 12. The Rousing of Achilles 11. The Trial of the Bow 13. The Battle at the River 12. The Slaying of the Suitors 14. The Death of Hector 15. The Ransoming of Hector

The Story of the Odyssey (1891) by Alfred J. Church

1. The Counsel of Athena 13. The Sirens; Scylla; the Oxen of the Sun 2. The Assembly 14. Ithaca 3. Nestor's Tale 15. Eumaeus, the Swineherd 4. In Sparta 16. The Return of Telemachus 5. Menelaus's Tale 17. Ulysses and Telemachus 6. Ulysses On His Raft 18. Ulysses in His Home 7. Nausicaa 19. Ulysses Is Discovered By His Nurse 8. Alcinous 20. The Trial of the Bow 9. The Phaeacians 21. The Slaying of the Suitors 10. The Cyclops 22. The End of the Wandering 11. Aeolus; the Laestrygons; Circe 23. The Triumph of Ulysses 12. The Dwellings of the Dead

Stories from the Greek Tragedians (1879) by Alfred J. Church

1. The Story of the Love of Alcestis 7. The Story of Philoctetes, or the Bow of Hercules 2. The Story of the Vengeance of Medea 8. The Story of the Death of Agamemnon 3. The Story of the Death of Hercules 9. The Story of Electra, or the Return of Orestes 4. The Story of the Seven Chiefs Against 10. The Story of the Furies, or the Loosing of Orestes Thebes 11. The Story of Iphigenia among the Taurians 5. The Story of Antigone 12. The Story of the Persians, or the Battle of Salamis 6. The Story of Iphigenia In Aulis 13. The Story of Ion

Virgil’s Aeneid for Boys and Girls (1908) by Alfred J. Church

1. The Horse of Wood 13. The Gathering of the Chiefs 2. The Sack of Troy 14. King Evander 3. Aeneas and Anchises 15. The Arms of Aeneas 4. Of the Voyage of Aeneas 16. Nisus and Euryalus 5. The Voyage of Aeneas (continued) 17. The Battle at the Camp 6. The Shipwreck 18. The Battle on the Shore 7. Carthage 19. The Council 8. Dido 20. The Deeds and Death of Camilla 9. The Funeral Games of Anchises 21. The Broken Treaty 10. The Burning of the Ships—The Coming to Italy 22. The Death of Turnus 11. In Italy 23. Afterwards 12. The Plots of Juno

Stories from the Iliad (1908) by H. L. Havell

1. The Quarrel 12. Poseidon aids the Greeks 2. The Dream: The Muster of Greeks 13. Zeus is Beguiled by Hera 3. Greeks and Trojans Face to Face: The Duel 14. The Last Battle by the Ships 4. The Breaking of the Truce 15. Achilles sends Patroclus to Battle 5. The Exploits of Diomede 16. The Fight for the Body of Patroclus 6. The Battle continued: Hector and Andromache 17. The News is brought to Achilles 7. Second Battle: Repulse of the Greeks 18. The Shield of Achilles 8. The Embassy to Achilles 19. The Reconciliation 9. The Night Raid on the Trojan Camp 20. Achilles in the Battlefield 10. The Brave Deeds of Agamemnon: Reverses of the 21. The Death of Hector Greeks 22. The Funeral Games of Patroclus 11. The Attack on the Grecian Camp 23. Priam Ransoms the Body of Hector

Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew (1897) by Josephine Preston Peabody

1. The Wood-Folk 14. Arachne 2. The Judgment of Midas 15. Pyramus and Thisbe 3. Prometheus 16. Pygmalion and Galatea 4. The Deluge 17. Oedipus 5. Orpheus and Eurydice 18. Cupid and Psyche 6. Icarus and Daedalus 19. The Trial of Psyche 7. Phaethon 20. Stories Op the Trojan War 8. Niobe I. The Apple of Discord 9. Admetus and the Shepherd II. The Rousing of the Heroes 10. Alcestis III. The Wooden Horse 11. Apollo's Sister 21. The House of Agamemnon I. Diana and Actaeon 22. The Adventures of Odysseus II. Diana and Endymion I. The Curse of Polyphemus 12. The Calydonian Hunt II. The Wandering of Odysseus 13. Atalanta's Race III. The Home-Coming

Stories from the Odyssey retold by H. L. Havell

1. Introduction 13. The Return of Telemachus 2. Telemachus, Penelope, and the Suitors 14. The Meeting of Telemachus and Odysseus 3. The Assembly; the Voyage of Telemachus 15. The Home-Coming of Odysseus 4. The Visit to Nestor At Pylos 16. The Beggar Irus 5. Telemachus At Sparta 17. Penelope and the Wooers 6. Odysseus and Calypso 18. Odysseus and Penelope 7. Odysseus Among the Phæacians 19. The End Draws Near; Signs and Wonders 8. The Wanderings of Odysseus 20. The Bow of Odysseus 9. The Visit to Hades 21. The Slaying of the Wooers 10. The Sirens; Scylla and Charybdis; Thrinacia 22. Odysseus and Penelope 11. Odysseus Lands In Ithaca 23. Conclusion 12. Odysseus and Eumæus

Tales of Troy and Greece (1907) by Andrew Lang

Ulysses the Sacker of Cities

1. The Boyhood and Parents of Ulysses 2. How People Lived In The Time of Ulysses 3. The Wooing of Helen of the Fair Hands 4. The Stealing of Helen 5. Trojan Victories 6. Battle At The Ships 7. The Slaying and Avenging of Patroclus 8. The Cruelty of Achilles, and the Ransoming of Hector 9. How Ulysses Stole The Luck of Troy 10. The Battles With The Amazons and Memnon--The Death of Achilles 11. Ulysses Sails To Seek The Son of Achilles--The Valour of Eurypylus 12. The Slaying of Paris 13. How Ulysses Invented The Device of the Horse of Tree 14. The End of Troy and the Saving of Helen

The Wanderings of Ulysses

1. The Slaying of Agamemnon and the Sorrows of Ulysses 2. The Enchantress Circe, The Land of the Dead, The Sirens 3. The Whirlpool, The Sea Monster, and the Cattle of the Sun 4. How Telemachus Went To Seek His Father 5. How Ulysses Escaped From The Island of Calypso 6. How Ulysses Was Wrecked, Yet Reached Phaeacia 7. How Ulysses Came To His Own Country, and For Safety Disguised Himself As An Old Beggar Man 8. Ulysses Comes Disguised As A Beggar To His Own Palace 9. The Slaying of the Wooers 10. The End

The Fleece of Gold Theseus Perseus

1. The Children of the Cloud. 1. The Wedding of Aethra 1. The Prison of Danae 2. The Search For The Fleece 2. The Boyhood of Theseus 2. The Vow of Perseus 3. The Winning of the Fleece 3. Adventures of Theseus 3. Perseus and Andromeda 4. Theseus Finds His Father 4. How Perseus Avenged 5. Heralds Come For Tribute Danae 6. Theseus In Crete 7. The Slaying of the Minotaur

The Heroes or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children (1889) by Charles Kingsley

Story 1: Perseus

1. How Perseus And His Mother Came To Seriphos 2. How Perseus Vowed A Rash Vow 3. How Perseus Slew The Gorgon 4. How Perseus Came To The Æthiops 5. How Perseus Came Home Again

Story 2: The Argonauts

1. How The Centaur Trained The Heroes On Pelion 2. How Jason Lost His Sandal In Anauros 3. How They Built The Ship ‘Argo’ In Iolcos 4. How The Argonauts Sailed To Colchis 5. How The Argonauts Were Driven Into The Unknown Sea 6. What Was The End Of The Heroes

Story 3: Theseus

1. How Theseus Lifted The Stone 2. How Theseus Slew The Devourers Of Men 3. How Theseus Slew The Minotaur 4. How Theseus Fell By His Pride

Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art (1893) by H. A. Guerber 1. The Beginning of All Things 11. Neptune 21. Theseus 2. Jupiter 12. Pluto 22. Jason 3. Juno 13. Bacchus 23. The Calydonian Hunt 4. Minerva 14. Ceres and Proserpina 24. Œdipus 5. Apollo 15. Vesta 25. Bellerophon 6. Diana 16. Janus 26. Minor Divinities 7. Venus 17. Somnus and Mors 27. The Trojan War 8. Mercury 18. Æolus 28. Adventures of Ulysses 9. Mars 19. Hercules 29. Adventures of Æneas 10. Vulcan 20. Perseus 30. Analysis of Myths

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Part 1: The Voyage to Colchis

1. The Youth Jason 2. King Pelias 3. The Golden Fleece 4. The Assembling of the Heroes and the Building of the Ship 5. The Argo The Beginning of Things 6. Polydeuces’ Victory and Heracles’ Loss 7. King Phineus 8. King Phineus’s Counsel; The Landing in Lemnos 9. The Lemnian Maidens Demeter and Persephone Atalanta’s Race 10. The Departure from Lemnos The Golden Maid 11. The Passage of the Symplegades 12. The Mountain Caucasus Prometheus

Part 2: The Return to Greece

1. King Æetes 2. Medea the Sorceress 3. The Winning of the Golden Fleece 4. The Slaying of Apsyrtus 5. Medea Comes to Circe 6. In the Land of the Phæacians 7. They Come to the Desert Land 8. The Carrying of the Argo The Story of Perseus 9. Near to Iolcus Again

Part 3: The Heroes of the Quest

1. Atalanta the Huntress 2. Peleus and His Bride from the Sea 3. Theseus and the Minotaur 4. The Life and Labors of Heracles The Battle of the Frogs and Mice 5. Admetus 6. How Orpheus the Minstrel Went Down to the World of the Dead 7. Jason and Medea

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The Adventures of Ulysses (1808) by Charles Lamb

Chapter One: The Cicons.--The Fruit of the Lotus-tree.--Polyphemus and the Cyclops.-- The Kingdom of the Winds, and God Aeolus's Fatal Present.--The Laestrygonian Man-eaters.

Chapter Two: The House of Circe.--Men changed into Beasts.--The Voyage to Hell.--The Banquet of the Dead.

Chapter Three: The Song of the Sirens.--Scylla and Charybdis.--The Oxen of the Sun.--The Judgment.--The Crew Killed by Lightning.

Chapter Four: The Island of Calypso.--Immortality Refused.

Chapter Five: The Tempest.--The Sea-bird's Gift.--The Escape by Swimming.--The Sleep in the Woods.

Chapter Six: The Princess Nausicaa.--The Washing.--The Game with the Ball.--The Court of Phaeacia and King Alcinous.

Chapter Seven: The Songs of Demodocus--The Convoy Home.--The Manners--Transformed to Stone--The Young Shepherd.

Chapter Eight: The Change from a King to a Beggar.--Eumaeus and the Herdsmen--Telemachus.

Chapter Nine: The Queen's Suitors--The Battle of the Beggars.--The Armour Taken Down.-- The Meeting with Penelope.

Chapter Ten: The Madness from Above--The Bow of Ulysses.--The Slaughter.--The Conclusion.

Hercules, the Hero of Thebes, and Other Heroes of the Myth (1900) - Adapted from the Second Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece by Mary E. Burt and Zenaïde A. Ragozin

1. The Babe Hercules 17. The Adventures of Theseus 2. Hercules is Doomed to Serve Eurystheus 18. Jason, the Hero of Thessaly 3. The First Labor--The Nemean Lion 19. Jason Claims His Throne 4. The Second Labor--Hercules Kills the Water - 20. The Expedition Snake of Lake Lerna 21. Jason Finds the Golden Fleece 5. The Third Labor--The Golden-Horned Hind 22. Orpheus, the Hero of the Lyre 6. The Fourth Labor--The Erymanthian Boar 23. Pelops, the Hero of the Peloponnesos 7. The Fifth Labor--Hercules Cleans the Augeian 24. Perseus, the Hero of Argos Stables 25. Perseus Finds the Gorgons 8. The Sixth Labor--The Birds of Stymphalos 26. Perseus Rescues Andromeda 9. The Seventh Labor--Hercules Catches the 27. Perseus Becomes King of Tiryns Mad Bull of Crete 28. Triptolemos, the Hero of Eleusis, and 10. The Eighth Labor--The Horses of Diomedes Demeter, the Earth-Mother 11. The Ninth Labor--The Girdle of Hippolyte 29. Demeter's Grief 12. The Tenth Labor--The Cattle of Geryon 30. Demeter's Joy 13. The Eleventh Labor--The Golden Apples of 31. Triptolemos Becomes a Hero. Demeter's Gift Hesperides 32. Prometheus, the Champion of Mankind 14. The Twelfth Labor--Hercules Fetches 33. Prometheus Unbound Cerberus Out of Hades 34. Deukalion, the Champion of a New Race 15. Theseus, the Hero of Athens 35. Dædalos, a Hero of Invention 16. The First Exploits of Theseus. He Finds His 36. Phaethon, a Hero of Bad Fortune Father 37. The Death of Phaethon

Half a Hundred Hero Tales of Ulysses and The Men of Old (1913) edited by Francis Storr 1. Pluto and Proserpine 34. The Homecoming of Ulysses 2. Pan and Syrinx 35. Baucis and Philemon 3. The Story of Phaeton 36. Hypermnestra 4. Arethusa 37. Oedipus At Colonos 5. The Story of Daphne 38. Midas 6. Deucalion and Pyrrha 39. Perseus and Andromeda 7. Epimetheus and Pandora 40. Meleager and Atalanta 8. Europa and the God-Bull 41. The Story of Daedalus and Icarus 9. Cadmus and the Dragon's Teeth 42. Scylla, the Daughter of Nisus 10. Orpheus and Eurydice 43. The Story of Pyramus and Thisbe 11. Hercules and the Golden Apples 44. Hero and Leander a) Hercules and the Old Man of the Sea 45. Pygmalion and the Image b) Hercules and Atlas 46. Cephalus and Procris 12. Hercules and Nessus 47. Echo and Narcissus 13. The Quest of the Golden Fleece 48. The Ring of Polycrates 14. How Theseus Found His Father 49. Romulus and Remus 15. Theseus and the Witch Medea 16. Theseus Goes To Slay the Minotaur 17. Theseus and Ariadne 18. Paris and Oenone 19. Iphigenia 20. Protesilaus 21. The Death of Hector 22. The Wooden Horse 23. The Sack of Troy 24. The Death of Ajax 25. The Flight of Aeneas From Troy 26. Aeneas and Dido 27. Aeneas In Hades 28. Nisus and Euryalus 29. Ulysses In Hades 30. Circe's Palace 31. Ulysses and the Cyclops 32. The Sirens 33. The Story of Nausicaa

The Ancient World: Mixed

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Volume 1: The Age of Fable: Stories of Gods and Heroes (1855) Volume 2: The Age of Chivalry: Legends of King Arthur (1858) Part 1: Legends of King Arthur Part 2: The Mabinogeon Part 3: The Knights of English History Part 4: Hero Myths of The British Race Volume 3: Legends of Charlemagne: Romance of the Middle Ages (1863)

Volume 1: The Age of Fable, or Stories of Gods and Heroes (1855)

1. Prometheus and Pandora 2. Apollo and Daphne--Pyramus and Thisbe--Cephalus and Procris 3. Juno and her Rivals, Io and Callisto--Diana and Actaeon--Latona and the Rustics 4. Phaeton 5. Midas--Baucis and Philemon 6. Proserpine--Glaucus and Scylla 7. Pygmalion--Dryope--Venus and Adonis--Apollo and Hyacinthus 8. Ceyx and Halcyone 9. Vertumnus and Pomona--Iphis and Anaxarete 10. Cupid and Psyche 11. Cadmus--The Myrmidons 12. Nisus and Scylla--Echo and Narcissus--Clytie--Hero and Leander 13. Minerva and Arachne--Niobe 14. The Graeae and Gorgons--Perseus and Medusa--Atlas--Andromeda 15. Monsters: Giants--Sphinx--Pegasus and Chimaera--Centaurs--Griffin--Pygmies 16. The Golden Fleece--Medea 17. Meleager and Atalanta 18. Hercules--Hebe and Ganymede 19. Theseus and Daedalus--Castor and Pollux--Festivals and Games 20. Bacchus and Ariadne 21. The Rural Deities--The Dryads and Erisichthon--Rhoecus--Water Deities--Camenae--Winds 22. Achelous and Hercules--Admetus and Alcestis--Antigone--Penelope 23. Orpheus and Eurydice--Aristaeus--Amphion--Linus--Thamyris--Marsyas--Melampus--Musaeus 24. Arion--Ibycus--Simonides--Sappho 25. Endymion--Orion--Aurora and Tithonus--Acis and Galatea 26. The Trojan War 27. The Fall of Troy--Return of the Greeks--Orestes and Electra 32 Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay – Guaranteed Fast and Effective! © 2018 The Giant List of Stories - Vol. 1 Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay 28. Adventures of Ulysses--The Lotus-eaters--The Cyclopes--Circe--Sirens--Scylla and Charybdis-- Calypso 29. The Phaeacians--Fate of the Suitors 30. Adventures of Aeneas--The Harpies--Dido--Palinurus 31. The Infernal Regions--The Sibyl 32. Aeneas in Italy--Camilla--Evander--Nisus and Euryalus --Mezentius--Turnus 33. Pythagoras--Egyptian Deities--Oracles 34. Origin of Mythology--Statues of Gods and Goddesses--Poets of Mythology 35. Monsters (modern)--The Phoenix--Basilisk--Unicorn--Salamander 36. Eastern Mythology--Zoroaster--Hindu Mythology--Castes--Buddha--The Grand Lama--Prester John 37. Northern Mythology--Valhalla--The Valkyrior 38. Thor's Visit to Jotunheim 39. The Death of Baldur--The Elves--Runic Letters--Skalds--Iceland--Teutonic Mythology--The Nibelungen Lied--Wagner's Nibelungen Ring 40. The Druids--Iona

Volume 2: The Age of Chivalry, or Legends of King Arthur (1858)

Part 1: Legends of King Arthur

1. The Mythical History of England 2. Merlin 3. Arthur 4. Sir Gawain 5. Caradoc Briefbras; or, Caradoc with the Shrunken Arm 6. Launcelot of the Lake 7. The Adventure of the Cart 8. The Lady of Shalott 9. Queen Guenever's Peril 10. Tristram and Isoude 11. Sir Tristram's Battle with Sir Launcelot 12. The Round Table 13. Sir Palamedes 14. Sir Tristram 15. Perceval 16. The Sangreal, or Holy Graal 17. Sir Agrivain's Treason 18. Morte d'Arthur

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1. The Britons 1. King Richard and the Third Crusade 2. The Lady of the Fountain 2. Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest 3. Geraint, the Son of Erbin 3. Robin Hood and his Adventures 4. Pwyll, Prince of Dyved 4. Chevy Chase 5. Branwen, the Daughter of Llyr 5. The Battle of Otterrocrne 6. Manawyddan 6. Edward the "Black Prince 7. Kilwich and Olwen 8. Taliesin Part 4: Hero Myths of The British Race

1. Beowulf 2. Cuchulain, Champion of Ireland 3. Hereward the Wake 4. Robin Hood

Volume 3: Legends of Charlemagne, or Romance of the Middle Ages (1863)

1. The Peers, or Paladins 2. The Tournament 3. The Siege of Albracca 4. Adventures of Rinaldo and Orlando 5. The Invasion of France 6. Bradamante and Rogero 7. Astolpho and the Enchantress 8. The Orc 9. Astolpho's Adventures continued, and Isabella's begun. 10. Medoro 11. Orlando Mad 12. Zerbino and Isabella 13. Astolpho in Abyssinia 14. The War in Africa 15. Rogero and Bradamante 16. The Battle of Roncesvalles 17. Rinaldo and Bayard 18. Death of Rinaldo 19. Huon of Bordeaux 20. Ogier, the Dane

34 Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay – Guaranteed Fast and Effective! © 2018 The Giant List of Stories - Vol. 1 Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (1893, 1911) By Charles Mills Gayley

Part 1: Myths of Divinities and Heroes

Chapter 1: Greek Myths of the Creation: Purpose of the Study. The Fable and the Myth. Origin of the World. Origin of the Gods. The Rule of Cronus. The War of the Titans. The Division of Empire. The Reign of Jupiter. The Origin of Man. Prometheus, a Creator. The Age of Gold. The Silver Age. Prometheus, Champion of Man. Pandora. Prometheus Bound. Longfellow's Prometheus. The Brazen Age. The Iron Age. The Flood. Deucalion and Pyrrha. The Demigods and Heroes.

Chapter 2: The Gods of Heaven: Olympus. The Great Gods. Jupiter (Zeus). Conceptions of Jupiter. Juno (Hera). Minerva (Athene or Athena). Mars (Ares). Vulcan (Hephaestus). Apollo. Shelley's Hymn of Apollo. Diana (Artemis). Jonson's Hymn to Cynthia. Venus (Aphrodite). The "Venus of Milo." Mercury (Hermes). Vesta (Hestia). The Lesser Divinities of Heaven.

Chapter 3: The Gods of Earth: Conception of the World. Ceres (Demeter). Gaea (Ge). Bacchus (Dionysus). The Lesser Divinities of Earth.

Chapter 4: The Gods Of The Underworld: The Underworld. Tartarus and the Elysian Fields. The Islands of the Blest. Pluto (Hades). Proserpina (Persephone). The Lesser Divinities of the Underworld.

Chapter 5: The Gods of the Waters: The Older Dynasty. The Younger Dynasty. The Lesser Divinities of the Waters.

Chapter 6: The Roman Divinities: Gods Common to Greece and Italy. Italian Gods.

Chapter 7: Myths of the Great Divinities of Heaven: Myths of Jupiter and Juno. Love Affairs of Jupiter. Io. Callisto. Europa. Semele. Aegina. Antiope. Jupiter, a Friend of Man. Juno's Best Gift. Myths of Minerva. Arachne. Myths of Mars. Mars and Diomede. Mars and Minerva. The Fortunes of Cadmus. Myths of Vulcan. Myths of Apollo. The Wanderings of Latona. Apollo, the Light Triumphant. Hyacinthus. Phaëthon. The Plague sent upon the Greeks before Troy. The Punishment of Niobe. The Lamentation for Linus. Aesculapius. Apollo in Exile. Lowell's Shepherd of King Admetus. Admetus and Alcestis. Apollo, the Musician. Apollo, Pan, and Midas. Shelley's Hymn of Pan. Marsyas. The Loves of Apollo. Daphne. Marpessa. Clytie. Myths of Diana. The Flight of Arethusa. Shelley's Arethusa. The Fate of Actaeon. The Fortunes and Death of Orion. The Pleiads. Endymion. Myths of

35 Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay – Guaranteed Fast and Effective! © 2018 The Giant List of Stories - Vol. 1 Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay Venus. Adonis. Cupid and Psyche. Keats' Ode to Psyche. Atalanta's Race. Hero and Leander. Pygmalion and the Statue. Pyramus and Thisbe. Phaon. The Vengeance of Venus. Myths of Mercury.

Chapter 8: Myths of the Great Divinities of Earth: Myths of Bacchus. The Wanderings of Bacchus. The Story of Acetes. The Choice of King Midas.

Chapter 9: From the Earth to the Underworld: Myths of Ceres, Pluto, and Proserpine. The Rape of Proserpine. The Wanderings of Ceres. Triptolemus and the Eleusinian Mysteries. Orpheus and Eurydice.

Chapter 10: Myths of Neptune, Ruler of the Waters: Lord of the Sea. Lord of Streams and Fountains. Pelops and Hippodamia.

Chapter 11: Myths of the Lesser Divinities of Heaven: Myths of Stars and Winds. Cephalus and Procris. Dobson's The Death of Procris. Ceyx and Halcyone. Aurora and Tithonus. Tennyson's Tithonus. Memnon.

Chapter 12: Myths Of The Lesser Divinities Of Earth, Etc. Pan, and the Personification of Nature. Stedman's Pan in Wall Street. Other Lesser Gods of Earth. Echo and Narcissus. Echo, Pan, Lyde, and the Satyr. The Naiads. The Dryads, or Hamadryads. Erysichthon. Dryope. Rh[oe]cus. Pomona and Vertumnus. The Cranes of Ibycus.

Chapter 13: Myths of Lesser Divinities of the Waters: Galatea and Polyphemus. Glaucus and Scylla. Nisus and Scylla. Leucothea. Proteus and Aristaeus. Acheloüs and Hercules. Milton's Sabrina Fair.

Chapter 14: Myths of the Older Heroes: The House Of Danaüs, and Its Connections: The Older and the Younger Heroes. The Genealogy of Danaüs. The Danaïds. The Doom of King Acrisius. Perseus and Medusa. Perseus and Atlas. Perseus and Andromeda. Bellerophon and the Chimaera. Hercules (Heracles): His Youth. His Labors. His Later Exploits. The Loss of Hylas. The Rescue of Daphnis. The Expedition against Laomedon. The Death of Hercules.

Chapter 15: The Family Of Aeolus: Descendants of Deucalion. The Quest of the Golden Fleece. The Return of the Argonauts. Medea and Aeson. Pelias.

Chapter 16: The Family Of Aetolus And Its Connections: The Calydonian Hunt. Merope. Castor and Pollux. The Twin Brethren among the Romans.

36 Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay – Guaranteed Fast and Effective! © 2018 The Giant List of Stories - Vol. 1 Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay Chapter 17: The House of Minos: Minos of Crete. Daedalus and Icarus.

Chapter 18: The House of Cecrops and Erichthonius: From Cecrops to Philomela. Matthew Arnold's Philomela. Theseus. Theseus and Ariadne. Bacchus and Ariadne. The Amazons. Theseus and Pirithoüs. Phaedra and Hippolytus.

Chapter 19: The House of Labdacus: The Misfortunes of Thebes. [OE]dipus and the Sphinx. [OE]dipus, the King. [OE]dipus at Colonus.

Chapter 20: Myths of the Younger Heroes: The Seven Against Thebes: Their Exploits. The Seven against Thebes. Antigone. The Epigoni.

Chapter 21: Houses Concerned in the Trojan War: Three Families. Peleus. Achilles, Son of Peleus. Atreus. Tyndareus.

Chapter 22: The Trojan War: Its Origin. Iphigenia in Aulis. Protesilaüs and Laodamia. Homer's Iliad. The Wrath of Achilles. The Enlistment of the Gods. Thetis intercedes for Achilles. Agamemnon calls a Council. Paris plays the Champion. Helen surveys the Grecian Host. Menelaüs defeats Paris. The Two Days' Battle. Hector and Andromache. Neptune aids the Discouraged Greeks. Jupiter inspirits the Trojans. Achilles and Patroclus. Patroclus in the Armor of Achilles. The Deaths of Sarpedon and Patroclus. The Remorse of Achilles. The Reconciliation of Agamemnon and Achilles. The Death of Hector. Achilles drags the Body of Hector. Priam in the Tent of Achilles.

Chapter 23: The Fall of Troy: The Fall of Troy. The Death of Achilles. Contest for the Arms of Achilles. Paris and [OE]none. The Palladium. The Wooden Horse. Laocoön and the Serpents. The Death of Priam. The Survivors. Helen, Menelaüs, and Agamemnon. Electra and Orestes. Orestes pursued by the Furies. His Purification.

Chapter 24: The Wanderings of Ulysses: From Troy to Phaeacia. The Lotos-eaters. The Cyclopes. The Bag of Winds. The Laestrygonians. The Isle of Aeaea. Ulysses visits Hades. The Sirens. Scylla and Charybdis. The Cattle of the Sun. Calypso's Island. The Land of the Phaeacians. Fate of the Suitors. Tennyson's Ulysses.

Chapter 25: Adventures Of Aeneas: From Troy to Italy. The Departure from Troy. The Promised Empire. The Harpies. Epirus. The Cyclopes Again. The Resentment of Juno. The Sojourn at Carthage. Dido. Palinurus. Italy at Last. The Sibyl of Cumae. The Infernal Regions. The Elysian Fields. The Valley of Oblivion.

37 Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay – Guaranteed Fast and Effective! © 2018 The Giant List of Stories - Vol. 1 Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay Chapter 26: The War Between Trojans and Latins: The Fulfillment of Prophecy. The Gates of Janus Opened. Camilla. Alliance with Evander. The Site of Future Rome. Turnus attacks the Trojan Camp. Nisus and Euryalus. The Death of Mezentius. The Deaths of Pallas and Camilla. The Final Conflict.

Chapter 27: Myths of the Norse Gods: The Creation. Yggdrasil. Odin and his Valhalla. The Valkyries. Thor and the Other Gods. Loki and his Progeny. The Conflict with the Mountain Giants. The Recovery of Thor's Hammer. Thor's Visit to Jötunheim. The Sword of Freyr. The Death of Balder. The Funeral of Balder. The Elves. Ragnarok.

Chapter 28: Myths of Norse and Old German Heroes: The Saga of the Volsungs. The Lay of the Nibelungs.

Chapter 29: The Ring of the Nibelung: Wagner's Tetralogy. The Rhine-gold. The Valkyrie. Siegfried. The Twilight of the Gods.

Part 2: The History of Myth

Chapter 30: The Origin and Elements of Myth: Kinds of Myth. Divisions of Inquiry. Elements of the Myth. Reasonable Myths. Unreasonable Myths. Theory of Deterioration. Theory of Progress.

Chapter 31: The Distribution of Myths: Theories of Resemblance.

Chapter 32: The Preservation of Myths: Traditional History. In Greece. Roman Poets of Mythology. Records of Norse Mythology. Records of German Mythology. Records of Oriental Mythology: Egyptian. Indian Records. Persian Records.

Curious Myths of the Middle Ages (1867) by Sabine Baring-Gould

1. The Wandering Jew 7. Tailed Men 2. Prester John 8. Antichrist and Pope Joan 3. The Divining Rod 9. The Man in the Moon 4. The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus 10. The Mountain of Venus 5. William Tell 11. Fatality of Numbers 6. The Dog Gellert 12. The Terrestrial Paradise

A Book of Myths (1914) by Jean Lang

1. Prometheus and Pandora 18. Aristaeus the Bee-Keeper 2. Pygmalion 19. Proserpine 3. Phaeton 20. Latona and the Rustics 4. Endymion 21. Echo and Narcissus 5. Orpheus 22. Icarus 6. Apollo and Daphne 23. Clytie 7. Psyche 24. The Cranes of Ibycus 8. The Calydonian Hunt 25. Syrinx 9. Atalanta 26. The Death of Adonis 10. Arachne 27. Pan 11. Idas and Marpessa 28. Lorelei 12. Arethusa 29. Freya, Queen of the Northern Gods 13. Perseus the Hero 30. The Death of Baldur 14. Niobe 31. Beowulf 15. Hyacinthus 32. Roland the Paladin 16. King Midas of the Golden Touch 33. The Children of Lîr 17. Ceyx and Halcyone 34. Deirdrê

Hero Tales (1914) by James Baldwin (not the essayist)

1. How Apollo Came to Parnassus 10. The Hoard of the Elves 2. The Hunt in the Wood of Calydon 11. The Forging of Balmung 3. The Choice of Hercules 12. Idun and Her Apples 4. Alpheus and Arethusa 13. The Doom of the Mischief-maker 5. The Golden Apple 14. The Hunt in the Wood of Puelle 6. Paris and Oenone 15. Ogier the Dane and the Fairies 7. Hesione 16. How Charlemagne Crossed the Alps 8. Paris and Helen 17. What Happened at Roncevaux 9. Iphigenia

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