Is the sun king of the
hours, the days, the months, and the years? Did the ancients know the
real truth concerning the distance, size, and nightly disappearance of
the sun? Where is the Great Bear? The Little Bear? Do you think the
ancient Greeks really believed the story of Phaeton?
Reproduce it orally after reading.
_Each myth may be developed in a similar way_.
A BIBLIOGRAPHY.
The following list is given as containing many books which will be
helpful for reference or study, as indicating the sources of myths and
the customs of the ancients, and as supplying an extended account of any
mythical person or object referred to in this volume.
While each book is considered valuable, those marked with a star are
especially compact, concise, and helpful to readers who can have access
to but few books, and that by purchase.
GREEK AND ROMAN MYTHS.
"Age of Fable," compiled by Thomas Bulfinch.
_McKay, Philadelphia_ $1 25
"Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography,
Mythology, and Geography." _D. Appleton
& Co., New York_. Half morocco 6 00
"The Mythology of Greece and Rome," with
special reference to its use in art, Oscar
Seeman.
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