MYTHS OF GREECE AND ROME

NARRATED WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO
LITERATURE AND ART

BY

H. A. GUERBER
LECTURER ON MYTHOLOGY

AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY
NEW YORK   CINCINNATI   CHICAGO

Copyright, 1893, by
American Book Company.

Copyright. 1921, by
H. A. Guerber.

—
Guerber’s Myths.

E.P. 44

DEDICATED

TO MY KIND FRIENDS

MISS MACKIE AND MISS MASTERS

IN WHOSE SCHOOLS MY LECTURES WERE FIRST GIVEN

MADE IN U. S. A.

HOMER.—François Gérard.

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PREFACE.

THE aim of this book is to present a complete and entertainingaccount of Grecian and Roman mythology in such amanner that the student will appreciate its great influence uponliterature and art.

These myths, an inexhaustible fund of inspiration for the poetsand artists of the past, have also inspired many noted modernworks. To impress this fact forcibly upon the student, appropriatequotations from the poetical writings of all ages, from Hesiod’s“Works and Days,” to Tennyson’s “Œnone,” have been insertedin the text, while reproductions of ancient masterpieces andnoted examples of modern painting and sculpture are plentifullyused as illustrations.

The myths are told as graphically and accurately as possible,great care being taken, however, to avoid the more repulsivefeatures of heathen mythology; and when two or more versionsof the same myth occur, the preference has invariably been givento the most popular, that is to say, to the one which has inspiredthe greatest works.

Both the Latin and the Greek forms of proper names are given,but the Latin names are usually retained throughout the narrative,because more frequently used in poetry and art.

[Pg 6]The closing chapter includes an analysis of myths by the lightof philology and comparative mythology, and the philologicalexplanation of the stories related in the preceding chapters.

A map, genealogical table, and complete glossary and indexadapt this little volume for constant use in the library and artgallery, at home and abroad.

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CONTENTS.