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... Myths and legends - Cupid and Psyche - A co - operative beginning . II . HOMER Achilles the hero - Helen of Troy - The rank and file - The Iliad -The wrath of Achilles - The forge of Vulcan - The wander- ings of Ulysses - The writing of ...
... Myths and legends - Cupid and Psyche - A co - operative beginning . II . HOMER Achilles the hero - Helen of Troy - The rank and file - The Iliad -The wrath of Achilles - The forge of Vulcan - The wander- ings of Ulysses - The writing of ...
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... MYTH AND THE POETS Words and phrases - The great god Pan - Mercury's son - Cupid and Psyche The road to ruin -- The chariot of the Sun - Stories of the stars - Perseus and Andromeda - Echo and Narcissus- In the beginning - The birth of ...
... MYTH AND THE POETS Words and phrases - The great god Pan - Mercury's son - Cupid and Psyche The road to ruin -- The chariot of the Sun - Stories of the stars - Perseus and Andromeda - Echo and Narcissus- In the beginning - The birth of ...
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... myths , which form the basis of literature , cover a vast field of speculation . They include myths concerning the origin of the world and the origin of man ; myths concerning the arts of life , that is to say , stories telling how man ...
... myths , which form the basis of literature , cover a vast field of speculation . They include myths concerning the origin of the world and the origin of man ; myths concerning the arts of life , that is to say , stories telling how man ...
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... myths . It has been suggested that the resemblance is purely accidental , but this is ridiculous . It has been ... myths is that they are the result of universal experience and sentiment . As Andrew Lang has said : They are the rough ...
... myths . It has been suggested that the resemblance is purely accidental , but this is ridiculous . It has been ... myths is that they are the result of universal experience and sentiment . As Andrew Lang has said : They are the rough ...
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... The universality of the classic myths is shown by the fact that the name Eurydice is derived from the Sanskrit and means " the broad spreading flush of the dawn across the sky . " Photo : Fredk . Hollyer , London . STORY OF.
... The universality of the classic myths is shown by the fact that the name Eurydice is derived from the Sanskrit and means " the broad spreading flush of the dawn across the sky . " Photo : Fredk . Hollyer , London . STORY OF.
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Achilles Æschylus ancient Andrew Lang Apocrypha Apollo Athens beauty Bible born Brahmanism called century B.C. Christ Christian Confucius Dante death Divine Divine Comedy Don Quixote drama early earth English Eschylus Euripides faith famous father Fredk Gallery glory goddess gods Gospel Greece Greek H. A. Guerber hath heart heaven Hebrew Hector heroes Hollyer Homer human Iliad J. W. WATERHOUSE Jewish Jews Jupiter King knights Koran language Latin legends literary literature living Lord LORD LEIGHTON mediæval Middle Ages modern Moses myths National noble Odyssey Old Testament papyrus passage philosophy Photo poem poet poetry priests prophets prose religion religious Renaissance Rischgitz Collection Roman Rome sacred says scholars Scriptures servant Shakespeare songs Sophocles soul spirit story teaching thee things thou tion to-day translation Troy Ulysses unto Vatican verse Virgil W. A. Mansell wife wisdom words writing written wrote Zoroaster