PYRAMUS AND THISBE
June 7, 2019
Venus did not always befriend true lovers, as she had befriended Hippomenes, with her three golden apples. Sometimes, in the…
ARACHNE
June 7, 2019
Not among mortals alone were there contests of skill, nor yet among the gods, like Pan and Apollo. Many sorrows…
THE CALYDONIAN HUNT
June 7, 2019
In that day of the chase, there was one enterprise renowned above all others,—the great hunt of Calydon. Thither, in…
ALCESTIS
June 7, 2019
For many years the remembrance of Apollo’s service kept Thessaly full of sunlight. Where a god could work, the people…
ADMETUS AND THE SHEPHERD.
June 7, 2019
Apollo did not live always free of care, though he was the most glorious of the gods. One day, in…
PHAETHON.
June 7, 2019
Once upon a time, the reckless whim of a lad came near to destroying the Earth and robbing the spheres…
ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE
June 7, 2019
When gods and shepherds piped and the stars sang, that was the day of musicians! But the triumph of Phoebus…
THE DELUGE
June 7, 2019
Even with the gifts of Prometheus, men could not rest content. As years went by, they lost all the innocence…
PROMETHEUS
June 7, 2019
In the early days of the universe, there was a great struggle for empire between Zeus and the Titans. The…
THE JUDGMENT OF MIDAS
June 7, 2019
Pan came at length to be such a wonderful piper with his syrinx (for so he named his flute) that…