Old Greek Folk Stories Told an Ew

' E l m 6 cm : Glark fliteraturc S eries 310 . 72 OLD GR EEK FOLK STOR IES TOLD ANEW BY J OSEPHI NE PR ESTON PEABODY THE C PP CLAR K C O L M TE O . I I D TOR O TO C ANAD A N , HOUGHTO N M I FFLI N COMPANY T M A AC U T T A BO ON E . S. S , SS H S S, U . PUBLISHERS’ NOTE AW T OR N E h is Wonder-Bo ok an d Tan lewood Tales H H , in g , h as a a a a told , in m nner f mili r to multitudes of American an d a a children to m ny more who once were children , dozen of the old Greek folk stories . They h ave served to render the persons an d scenes known as no cl assical a a a diction ry would m ke them known . But H wthorne chose a few out of the m any myth s which arecons tantly appealing to the reader not only of ancient but of a a modern liter ture . The group cont ined in the collee tion which follows will help to fill out the list ; it is designed to serve as a complement to the Wonder Bo ok an d Tan lewood Tales a s g , so th t the reference to the r an a stories in those collections a ebrief d llusive only . a s s s In order to m ke the entire erie more u eful , the ’ ’ index added to this number of the Rz vem deLit erat ure Series; is m ade to include al s o the s tories contained in the Other numbers of the series which con tain Haw ’ s as a thorne s two books . Thu the index serves toler ably full clue to the best-known ch aracters in Greek mythology . CO R G T 18 B Y OU TO M co . PY I H , 97. H GH N . IFFLIN All rights res erved PR INTE D I N CANAD A CONTENTS THE WO OD -FOLK THE jUD GME NT OF M I DA S PR O ME THE US THE DE LUGE O R P HE US A ND EUR YD ICE I CAR Us A ND D /EDA LUS PHA ETH O N NI OB E AD ME TUS AND THE SHE P HE R D AL CE S’I ’I S ’ Apo LL o s SISTE R D /E I . DIANA AN ACT ON D ANA A ND E D Y ON I I . I N MI THE C A LYD O NIAN HUNT ’ ATA LANTA S R A CE AR A C HNE PYR AMUS AND THISB E PY GMA LI O N AND GA LATE A CEDI P US C UP ID A ND PSYC HE THE TR IA L OF PSYC HE ST OR IE S OF THE TR OJA N WAR THE AP P E O F D C OR D I . L IS THE R O U G OF THE HE R E I I . SIN O S THE W O ODE N HOR E I I I . S THE HOUSE OF AGA ME MN O N THE ADV E NTUR E S OF O DYSSE US THE C UR E OF PO L YP E U I . S H M S THE WA D E R G OF D Y E U I I . N IN O SS S THE HO E -C O G I II . M MIN I ND E X OF M YT HO LO GY Onceu on a tim e m en m a e iends w ith theE a th . Th lis p , d fr r ey tened to all that w oo ds and waters m ight say; their ey es werekeen to see w onders in s ilent country places and in theliving creatures that d n To this w is w o l outs ha not lear ed to beafraid. e r d ide thepeople took thei o and sor ow and aus th lov theE arth shean r j y r ; bec e ey ed , ered the s w m . I t was no t strangethat Pan him s elf som etim es brought hom e a ’ sh he s st a lam I t was no t stran one okethe anches ep rd r y b . ge, if br br o a t that so m ai li ew ithin w t at thehurt . E ven no w the f ree , ef r fi ep , E arth is glad w ith us in springtim e, and wegrievefor her when the o B ut in theold a s th ew as a los r union cl a s e h leaves g . d y er c e , e rer p ec E arth and thes tar u n m en and all o th atu s s a o t her. betw ee er cre re , b ut o theli that the liv to th th haveco m e o w n to us O f fe y ed ge er, ere d n ul tal s and whether the betol w ll or ill th are these w o derf e ; , y d e , ey en too goo d to beforgo tt . OLD G R EEK FOLK STOR IES T H E W O O D — FO L K PA N led a merrier life th an all the O ther gods together . w as a s s an d He beloved like by hepherd countrymen , an d a s an d a s s an d as s by the f un s tyr , bird be t , of his own a s an d s w as h is an d kingdom . The c re of flock herd , for home he h ad all the world of woods an d waters ; he w as - - " lord of everything out o fdoors Yet he felt the burden of it no more th an he felt the sh adow of a leaf when he a s a s a an d s a d nced , but pent the d y in l ughter mu ic mong h i a s an d s a s h a s s . d fellow Like him , the f un tyr furry , a an d a s a o pointed e rs , little horns th t prouted b ve their s fa t all a brow ; in , they were enough like wild cre tures a to seem no strangers to anything unt med . They slept s a an d a s in the sun , piped in the h de , lived on wild gr pe an d the nuts th at every squirrel w as ready to sh are with them . s m an w an The wood were never lonely . A might der away into thos e solitudes an d think himself — s an d T a ne an d a friendles ; but here here river k w , t a s it s . a u a s ree could tell , tory of own Be utif l cre ture a as a h ad o ff they were , th t for one re on or nother left a s a hum n h ape . Some h d been tr an sformed against a a their will , th t they might do no more h rm to their - fellow men . Some were ch anged through the pity of s a s a s Pan the god , th t they might h re the imple life of , ss a a s a a an d s s mindle of mort l c re , gl d in r in un hine , an d a a s a a lw ys clo e to the he rt of the E rth . w as — r a . There D yope , for inst nce , the lotus tree T H E - 7. W O O D F O L K a a a a a a Once c reless , h ppy wom n , w lking mong the an d a h ad trees with her Sister Iole her own b by , she a s a a an d broken lotu th t held live nymph hidden , a a blood dripped from the wounded pl nt . Too l te , Dryope s aw her heedlessness , an d there her steps h ad a an d sh e h ad a t ken root , there s id good by to her an d a s a child , pr yed Iole to bring him sometime to pl y - a beneath her sh adow . Poor mother tree "Perh ps she t ook com fort with the birds an d gave a kindly shelter to s ome nest . w as a - There , too , Echo , once wood nymph who a ss 1 9 as s , ngered the godde £11 . with her w te of word an d w as e a an d comp lled now to w it till others spoke , s a a an then to y nothing but their l st word , like y - a sh es aw an mocking bird . One d y d loved the youth a w as s a s rcissus, who e rching the wood for his hunting N " " " a n comp anions . Come hither he c lled a d Echo "a a at as . am cried Hit'her e ger to spe k l t Here a n a I come he repe ted , looki g bout for the voice .

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