The Wisdom of the Ancients
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Contents
- Preface
- Chapter I - Cassandra, or Divination
- Chapter II - Typhon, or a Rebel
- Chapter III - The Cyclops, or the Ministers of Terror
- Chapter IV - Narcissus, or Self-Love
- Chapter V - The River Styx, or Leagues
- Chapter VI - Pan, or Nature
- Chapter VII - Perseus, or War
- Chapter VIII - Endymion, or a Favourite
- Chapter IX - The Sister of the Giants, or Fame
- Chapter X - Acteon and Pentheus, or a Curious Man
- Chapter XI - Orpheus, or Philosophy
- Chapter XII - Cœlum, or Beginnings
- Chapter XIII - Proteus, or Matter
- Chapter XIV - Memnon, or a Youth Too Forward
- Chapter XV - Tythonus, or Satiety
- Chapter XVI - Juno's Suitor, or Baseness
- Chapter XVII - Cupid, or an Atom
- Chapter XVIII - Diomed, or Zeal
- Chapter XIX - Dædalus, or Mechanical Skill
- Chapter XX - Ericthonius, or Imposture
- Chapter XXI - Deucalion, or Restitution
- Chapter XXII - Nemesis, or the Vicissitude of Things
- Chapter XXIII - Achelous, or Battle
- Chapter XXIV - Dionysus, or Bacchus
- Chapter XXV - Atalanta and Hippomenes, or Gain
- Chapter XXVI - Prometheus, or the State of Man
- Chapter XXVII - Icarus and Scylla and Charybdis, or the Middle Way
- Chapter XXVIII - Sphinx, or Science
- Chapter XXIX - Proserpine, or Spirit
- Chapter XXX - Metis, or Counsel
- Chapter XXXI - The Sirens, or Pleasures
Endnotes
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This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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