Then Arthur drew out the sword and was proclaimed king.


CONTENTS

[PREFACE]
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[Prometheus the Friend of Man][7]
[The Labors of Hercules]
From the German of Gustav Schwab.[11]
[Deucalion and Pyrrha]
From the German of Gustav Schwab.[29]
[Theseus and the Centaur]
From the German of Gustav Schwab.[33]
[Niobe]
From the German of Gustav Schwab.[37]
[The Gorgon's Head]
From Hawthorne's “Wonder Book.”[41]
[The Golden Fleece]
From Hawthorne's “Tanglewood Tales.”[67]
[The Cyclops]
From Church's “Stories from Homer.”[106]
[Œdipus and the Sphinx]
Adapted from Church's “Stories from Greek Tragedians.”[116]
[Antigone, a Faithful Daughter and Sister]
Adapted from Church's “Stories from Greek Tragedians.”[118]
[The Story of Iphigenia]
From Church's “Stories from Greek Tragedians.”[131]
[The Sack of Troy]
From Church's “Stories from Virgil.”[153]
[Beowulf and Grendel]
From Joyce Pollard's “Stories from Old English Romance.”[164]
[The Good King Arthur][179]
[The Great Knight Siegfried][214]
[Lohengrin and Elsa the Beautiful]
From the German of Robert Hertwig.[221]
[Frithiof the Bold]
From the German of Robert Hertwig.[226]
[Wayland the Smith]
From the German of Robert Hertwig.[231]
[Twardowski, the Polish Faust][237]
[Ilia Muromec of Russia][243]
[Kralewitz Marko of Servia][245]
[The Decision of Libuscha][248]
[Count Roland of France]
From Church's “Stories of Charlemagne and the Peers of France.”[250]
[The Cid][267]

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