LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

She changed her into a spider,[Frontispiece]
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Sweet, piercing sweet was the music of Pan’s pipe,[6]
Demeter rejoiced for her daughter was by her side,[10]
The Wind-god sent a gust from the South,[18]
For two days and two nights the boat was tossed hither and thither,[20]
Often she would stand upon the walls of Troy,[34]
‘Yea, verily, thou art Odysseus,’[68]
In the earliest times, a simple foot-race was the only event,[96]
Solon, the wise lawgiver of Athens,[102]
They crashed into the Persian army with tremendous force,[136]
Ship dashed against ship, till the Persian dead strewed the deep ‘like flowers,’[170]
He stood silent before the king,[188]
The figure of the goddess was a colossal one,[196]
He became a target for every arrow,[220]
He drank the contents as though it were a draught of wine,[238]
The multitude saluted him with loud acclamations,[258]
He left the assembly, hiding his face in his cloak,[304]
He ran toward the horse and seized the bridle,[310]
With an effort he looked at them as they passed,[348]