[CONTENTS] PAGE[The Riddle of the Sphinx]1[Eros and Psyche]36[Hero and Leander]101[The Sacrifice of Alcestis]124[The Hunting of the Calydonian Boar]188[The Curse of Echo]216[The Sculptor and the Image]226[The Divine Musician]237[The Flight of Arethusa]264[The Winning of Atalanta]272[Paris and Œnone]311·LIST·OF·ILLUSTRATIONS·[Frontispiece—Each night Hero lighted her torch; each night Leander swam across the narrow sea] PAGE[Title-Page] [Heading to Introduction]vii[Heading to Contents]xiii[Heading to List of Illustrations]xv[She put out her cruel claws and lashed her tail from side to side like an angry lion waiting for his prey]17[With firm, unfaltering steps he led the way once more, and Theseus followed after]33[On the bed, wrapped in slumber, lay the youngest and fairest of the Immortals]59[Faster and faster he went, and up and down, and round and round]67[She unloosed the rope, and pushed out into the stream]81["Help, help! I drown in this foul stream!"]93[She lowered her eyes in confusion, and her limbs trembled beneath her, so that she leant back against the pillar for support]111[From the shadow of the trees came the strange herdsman, playing on his lyre]137[Admetus heeded neither shepherd nor shrine.... Without a thought he passed the altar by]151[And the children crept silently to her]171[She answered him never a word, but held out both her hands and raised him from his knees]185[As he spoke, he took her by the hand, and set her in a place of honour between his father and himself]201[As the brute bore down, Meleager buried the spear deep in his shoulder]207[For the last time he leaned forward]223[On the breath of the night wind Aphrodite came in, and she kissed the statue on the lips]233[From the shadow of the cave crept a wood-nymph, and lay upon the grass]245["Orpheus," she cried in her despair, "thy hand!"]255[On and on she fled, with the swiftness and strength of despair]269["Oh, my father!" she cried]279[Out of the corner of his eye he could see the gleam of her tunic]303[Out of the stream beside him there rose a wondrous form of a maiden clad all in misty white]317[Menelaus was bearing him in triumph towards the Achæan host]339[Cast herself upon the body of Paris, and put her arms about his neck]345Initials, Tail-pieces, etc.
