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…
APOLLO'S SISTER
June 7, 2019
I. DIANA AND ACTAEON. Like the Sun-god, whom men dreaded as the divine archer and loved as the divine singer,…
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…