Showing posts with label Region: Classical. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Region: Classical. Show all posts

Clarke. Story of Aeneas

Today's free book is Story of Aeneas by Michael Clarke. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. You can get a free Kindle ebook from Amazon too!


Vergil, the Prince of Poets

The Gods and Goddesses

1. The Wooden Horse

2. Aeneas Leaves Troy — The Harpies — Prophesy of Helenus — The Giant Polyphemus

3. A Great Storm — Arrival in Carthage

4. Dido's Love — The Funeral Games — Ships Burned by the Women

5. The Sibyl of Cumae — The Golden Bough — In the Regions of the Dead

6. Aeneas Arrives in Latium — Welcomed by King Latinus

7. Alliance With Evander — Vulcan Makes Arms for Aeneas — The Famous Shield

8. Turnus Attacks the Trojan Camp — Nisus and Euryalus

9. The Council of the Gods — Return of Aeneas — Battle on the Shore — Death of Pallas

10. Funeral of Pallas — Aeneas and Turnus Fight — Turnus Is Slain

Jacobs. Fables of Aesop

Today's free book is The Fables of Aesop by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by Richard Heighway. You can find out more about this book in the Aesop's Fables (Jacobs) unit of the Myth-Folklore UnTextbook.

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

This book is available at Internet ArchiveHathi Books, and Google Books. You can find the stories listed and linked in Diigo.



1. The Cook and the Pearl (Perry 503) 
2. The Wolf and the Lamb (Perry 155) 
3. The Dog and the Shadow (Perry 133)
4. The Lion's Share (Perry 339)
5. The Wolf and the Crane (Perry 156)
6. The Man and the Serpent (Perry 51)
7. The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse (Perry 352)
8. The Fox and the Crow (Perry 124)
9. The Sick Lion (Perry 481)
10. The Ass and the Lapdog (Perry 91)
11. The Lion and the Mouse (Perry 150)
12. The Swallow and the Other Birds (Perry 39)
13. The Frogs Desiring a King (Perry 44)
14. The Mountains in Labour (Perry 520)
15. The Hares and the Frogs (Perry 138)
16. The Wolf and the Kid (Perry 98)
17. The Woodman and the Serpent (Perry 176)
18. The Bald Man and the Fly (Perry 525)
19. The Fox and the Stork (Perry 426)
20. The Fox and the Mask (Perry 27)
21. The Jay and the Peacock (Perry 472)
22. The Frog and the Ox (Perry 376)
23. Androcles and the Lion (Perry 563)
24. The Bat, the Birds, and the Beasts (Perry 566)
25. The Hart and the Hunter (Perry 74)
26. The Serpent and the File (Perry 93)
27. The Man and the Wood (Perry 302)
28. The Dog and the Wolf (Perry 346)
29. The Belly and the Members (Perry 130)
30. The Stag in the Ox-Stall (Perry 492)
31. The Fox and the Grapes (Perry 15)
32. The Horse, Hunter, and Stag (Perry 269)
33. The Peacock and Juno(Hera) (Perry 509)
34. The Fox and the Lion (Perry 10)
35. The Lion and the Statue (Perry 284)
36. The Ant and the Grasshopper (Perry 373)
37. The Tree and the Reed (Perry 70)
38. The Fox and the Cat (Perry 605)
39. The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (Perry 451)
40. The Dog in the Manger (Perry 702)
41. The Man and the Wooden God (Perry 285)
42. The Fisher (Perry 11)
43. The Shepherd's Boy (Perry 210)
44. The Man and His Mother (Perry 200)
45. The Man and His Two Wives (Perry 31)
46. Nurse and the Wolf (Perry 158)
47. The Tortoise and the Birds (Perry 490)
48. The Two Crabs (Perry 322)
49. The Ass in the Lion's Skin (Perry 188)
50. The Two Fellows and the Bear (Perry 65)
51. The Two Pots (Perry 378)
52. The Four Oxen and the Lion (Perry 372)
53. The Fisher and the Little Fish (Perry 18)
54. Avaricious and Envious (Perry 580)
55. The Crow and the Pitcher (Perry 390)
56. The Man and the Satyr (Perry 35)
57. The Goose With the Golden Eggs (Perry 87)
58. The Labourer and the Nightingale (Perry 627)
59. The Fox, the Cock, and the Dog (Perry 671)
60. The Wind and the Sun (Perry 46)
61. Hercules and the Waggoner (Perry 291)
62. The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey (Perry 721)
63. The Miser and His Gold (Perry 225)
64. The Fox and the Mosquitoes (Perry 427)
65. The Fox Without a Tail (Perry 17)
66. The One-Eyed Doe (Perry 75)
67. Belling the Cat (Perry 613)
68. The Hare and the Tortoise (Perry 226)
69. The Old Man and Death (Perry 60)
70. The Hare With Many Friends (Perry no Perry)
71. The Lion in Love (Perry 140)
72. The Bundle of Sticks (Perry 53)
73. The Lion, the Fox, and the Beasts (Perry 142)
74. The Ass's Brains (Perry 336)
74. The Ass's Brains (Perry 583)
75. The Eagle and the Arrow (Perry 276)
76. The Milkmaid and Her Pail (Perry no Perry)
77. The Cat-Maiden (Perry 50)
78. The Horse and the Ass (Perry 357)
79. The Trumpeter Taken Prisoner (Perry 370)
80. The Buffoon and the Countryman (Perry 527)
81. The Old Woman and the Wine-Jar (Perry 493)
82. The Fox and the Goat (Perry 9)




Kline. Homer's Odyssey

Today's free book is Homer: The Odyssey, translated by Tony Kline. You can find out more about this book in the Homer's Odyssey unit of the Myth-Folklore UnTextbook.

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

Tony Kline, the translator, has generously made his work available to read for free online: Homer: The Odyssey.


Book I: Athene visits Telemachus
Book II: Debate in Ithaca
Book III: Telemachus in Pylos
Book IV: Telemachus in Lacedaemon
Book V: Odysseus and Calypso
Book VI: Odysseus and Nausicaa
Book VII: Odysseus meets Alcinous
Book VIII: The Games in Phaeacia
Book IX: Polyphemus the Cyclops
Book X: Odysseus and Circe
Book XI: Odysseus in the Underworld
Book XII : Scylla and Charybdis
Book XIII: Odysseus in Ithaca
Book XIV: Odysseus and Eumaeus
Book XV: Telemachus Returns
Book XVI: Odysseus and Telemachus
Book XVII: Odysseus in the palace
Book XVIII: Irus the beggar
Book XIX: Odysseus and Eurycleia
Book XX: Preparations for revenge
Book XXI: The archery contest
Book XXII: The fight in the palace
Book XXIII: Odysseus and Penelope
Book XXIV : Athene makes peace

Kline. Ovid's Heroides

Today's free book is Ovid: The Heroides, translated by Tony Kline. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

Tony Kline, the translator, has generously made his work available to read for free online: Ovid: The Heroides.




Heroides I-VII
I  Penelope to Ulysses
II  Phyllis to Demophoon
III  Briseis to Achilles
IV  Phaedra to Hippolytus
V  Oenone to Paris
VI  Hypsipyle to Jason
VII  Dido to Aeneas

Heroides VIII-XV
VIII  Hermione to Orestes
IX  Deianira to Hercules
X  Ariadne to Theseus
XI  Canace to Macareus
XII  Medea to Jason
XIII  Laodamia to Protesilaus
XIV  Hypermestra to Lynceus
XV  Sappho to Phaon

Heroides XVI-XXI 
Double Letters:
XVI  Paris to Helen
XVII  Helen to Paris
XVIII  Leander to Hero
XIX  Hero to Leander
XX  Acontius to Cydippe
XXI  Cydippe to Acontius

Bulfinch: Mythology: The Age of Fable.

Today's book is Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is also available at Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Sacred Texts, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. There is also a free audiobook at LibriVox. Amazon has a free Kindle ebook.

(Some of these editions contain all three volumes: Age of Fable, Age of Chivalry, and Legends of Charlemagne.)




Table of Contents

CHAPTER I. Introduction.

CHAPTER II. Prometheus And Pandora.

CHAPTER III. Apollo And Daphne- Pyramus And Thisbe- Cephalus And Procris.

CHAPTER IV. Juno And Her Rivals, Io And Callisto- Diana And Actaeon- Latona And The Rustics.

CHAPTER V. Phaeton.

CHAPTER VI. Midas- Baucis And Philemon.

CHAPTER VII. Proserpine- Glaucus And Scylla.

CHAPTER VIII. Pygmalion- Dryope- Venus And Adonis- Apollo And Hyacinthus.

CHAPTER IX. Ceyx And Halcyone: Or, The Halcyon Birds.

CHAPTER X. Vertumnus And Pomona.

CHAPTER XI. Cupid And Psyche.

CHAPTER XII. Cadmus- The Myrmidons.

CHAPTER XIII. Nisus And Scylla- Echo And Narcissus- Clytie- Hero And Leander.

CHAPTER XIV. Minerva- Niobe.

CHAPTER XV. The Graeae And Gorgons- Perseus- Medusa- Atlas- Andromeda.

CHAPTER XVI. Monsters. Giants, Sphinx, Pegasus, And Chimaera, Centaurs, Griffin, And Pygmies.

CHAPTER XVII. The Golden Fleece- Medea

CHAPTER XVIII. Meleager And Atalanta.

CHAPTER XIX. Hercules- Hebe And Ganymede.

CHAPTER XX. Theseus- Daedalus- Castor And Pollux.

CHAPTER XXI. Bacchus- Ariadne.

CHAPTER XXII. The Rural Deities- Erisichthon- Rhoecus- The Water Deities- The Camenae- The Winds.

CHAPTER XXIII. Achelous And Hercules- Admetus And Alcestis- Antigone- Penelope.

CHAPTER XXIV. Orpheus And Eurydice- Aristaeus- Amphion- Linus- Thamyris- Marsyas- Melampus- Musaeus.

CHAPTER XXV. Arion- Ibycus- Simonides- Sappho.

CHAPTER XXVI. Endymion- Orion- Aurora And Tithonus- Acis And Galatea.

CHAPTER XXVII. The Trojan War.

CHAPTER XXVIII. The Fall Of Troy- Return Of The Greeks- Agamemnon, Orestes And Electra.

CHAPTER XXIX. Adventures Of Ulysses- The Lotus-eaters- Cyclopse- Circe -sirens- Scylla And Charybdis- Calypso.

CHAPTER XXX. The Phaeacians- Fate Of The Suitors.

CHAPTER XXXI. Adventures Of Aeneas- The Harpies- Dido- Palinurius.

CHAPTER XXXII. The Infernal Regions- The Sibyl.

CHAPTER XXXIII. Aeneas In Italy- Camilla- Evander- Nisus And Euryalus- Mezentius- Turnus.

CHAPTER XXXIV. Pythagoras- Egyptian Deities- Oracles.

CHAPTER XXXV. Origin Of Mythology- Statues Of Gods And Goddesses- Poets Of Mythology.

CHAPTER XXXVI. Modern Monsters- The Phoenix- Basilisk- Unicorn- -salamander.

CHAPTER XXXVII. Eastern Mythology- Zoroaster- Hindu Mythology- Castes- Buddha- Grand Lama.

CHAPTER XXXVIII. Northern Mythology- Valhalla- The Valkyrior.

CHAPTER XXXIX. Thor's Visit To Jotunheim.

CHAPTER XL. The Death Of Baldur- The Elves- Runic Letters- Skalds- Iceland.

CHAPTER XLI. The Druids- Iona.



Younghusband. Witt's Classic Mythology

Today's free book is Witt's Classic Mythology translated by Frances Younghusband (1883). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).


Table of Contents

I. The Beginning of All Things
II. The Golden Age
III. Prometheus and Epimetheus
IV Deucalion and Pyrrha
V. The Rape of Persephone
VI. Marpessa
VII. Artemis
VIII. The Giants Otus and Ephialtes
IX. Endymion
X. Io
XI. Danaus and Aegyptus
XII. Phaethon
XIII. Salmoneus and Sisyphus
XIV. Bellerophon
XV. Daedalus and Icarus
XVI. Europa and Cadmus
XVII. Thebes
XVIII. Semele
XIX. Dionysus
XX. Melampus and Bias
XXI. Tantalus. Pelops
XXII. Niobe
XXIII. Meleager and Atalanta
XXIV. Admetus and Alcestis
XXV. Perseus
XX.VI. Heracles
1. The War with the Teleboae
2. The Birth and Youth of Heracles
3. The Madness of Heracles, and his First Six Labours
4. The Last Six Labours
5. The Murder of Iphitus and the Vengeances of Heracles
6. The Marriage of Heracles with Deianira, and his Death
XXVII. The Quest of the Argonauts:
1. The Golden Fleece
2. The Journey to Colchis
3. The Fight for the Golden Fleece
4. The Journey Home
5. Medea's Revenge
XXVIII. Theseus
XXIX. Oedipus
XXX. The Seven against Thebes
XXXI. The Epigoni
XXXII. Eros and Psyche

Winter. Aesop for Children

Today's free book is The Aesop for Children, with illustrations by Milo Winter. You can find out more about this book in the Aesop for Children (Winter) unit of the Myth-Folklore UnTextbook.

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

This book is available at Project GutenbergHathi Books, and Google Books.There is also a free audiobook at LibriVox. You can get a free Kindle ebook from Amazon too!



The Wolf and the Kid
The Tortoise and the Ducks
The Young Crab and His Mother
The Frogs and the Ox
The Dog, the Cock, and the Fox
Belling the Cat
The Eagle and the Jackdaw
The Boy and the Filberts
Hercules and the Wagoner
The Kid and the Wolf
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
The Fox and the Grapes
The Bundle of Sticks
The Wolf and the Crane
The Ass and His Driver
The Oxen and the Wheels
The Lion and the Mouse
The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf
The Gnat and the Bull
The Plane Tree
The Farmer and the Stork
The Sheep and the Pig
The Travelers and the Purse
The Lion and the Ass
The Frogs Who Wished for a King
The Owl and the Grasshopper
The Wolf and His Shadow
The Oak and the Reeds
The Rat and the Elephant
The Boys and the Frogs
The Crow and the Pitcher
The Ants and the Grasshopper
The Ass Carrying the Image
A Raven and a Swan
The Two Goats
The Ass and the Load of Salt
The Lion and the Gnat
The Leap at Rhodes
The Cock and the Jewel
The Monkey and the Camel
The Wild Boar and the Fox
The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion
The Birds, the Beasts, and the Bat
The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox
The Wolf and the Lamb
The Wolf and the Sheep
The Hares and the Frogs
The Fox and the Stork
The Travelers and the Sea
The Wolf and the Lion
The Stag and His Reflection
The Peacock
The Mice and the Weasels
The Wolf and the Lean Dog
The Fox and the Lion
The Lion and the Ass
The Dog and His Master's Dinner
The Vain Jackdaw and his Borrowed Feathers
The Monkey and the Dolphin
The Wolf and the Ass
The Monkey and the Cat
The Dogs and the Fox
The Dogs and the Hides
The Rabbit, the Weasel, and the Cat
The Bear and the Bees
The Fox and the Leopard
The Heron
The Cock and the Fox
The Dog in the Manger
The Wolf and the Goat
The Ass and the Grasshoppers
The Mule
The Fox and the Goat
The Cat, the Cock, and the Young Mouse
The Wolf and the Shepherd
The Peacock and the Crane
The Farmer and the Cranes
The Farmer and His Sons
The Two Pots
The Goose and the Golden Egg
The Fighting Bulls and the Frog
The Mouse and the Weasel
The Farmer and the Snake
The Goatherd and the Wild Goats
The Spendthrift and the Swallow
The Cat and the Birds
The Dog and the Oyster
The Astrologer
Three Bullocks and a Lion
Mercury and the Woodman
The Frog and the Mouse
The Fox and the Crab
The Serpent and the Eagle
The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
The Bull and the Goat
The Eagle and the Beetle
The Old Lion and the Fox
The Man and the Lion
The Ass and the Lap Dog
The Milkmaid and Her Pail
The Wolf and the Shepherd
The Goatherd and the Goat
The Miser
The Wolf and the House Dog
The Fox and the Hedgehog
The Bat and the Weasels
The Quack Toad
The Fox Without a Tail
The Mischievous Dog
The Rose and the Butterfly
The Cat and the Fox
The Boy and the Nettles
The Old Lion
The Fox and the Pheasants
Two Travelers and a Bear
The Porcupine and the Snakes
The Fox and the Monkey
The Mother and the Wolf
The Flies and the Honey
The Eagle and the Kite
The Stag, the Sheep, and the Wolf
The Animals and the Plague
The Shepherd and the Lion
The Dog and His Reflection
The Hare and the Tortoise
The Bees and Wasps, and the Hornet
The Lark and Her Young Ones
The Cat and the Old Rat
The Fox and the Crow
The Ass and His Shadow
The Miller, His Son, and the Ass
The Ant and the Dove
The Man and the Satyr
The Wolf, the Kid, and the Goat
The Swallow and the Crow
Jupiter and the Monkey
The Lion, the Ass, and the Fox
The Lion's Share
The Mole and his Mother
The North Wind and the Sun
The Hare and His Ears
The Wolves and the Sheep
The Fox and the Cock
The Ass in the Lion's Skin
The Fisherman and the Little Fish
The Fighting Cocks and the Eagle

Tappan. Stories from the Classics

Today's free book is Stories from the Classics selected and arranged by Eva March Tappan (1907). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).


Table of Contents

Ladbonius, The Prince of Thieves
Arion and the Dolphin
Romulus, Founder of Rome
How Horatius Held the Bridge
How Cincinnatus Saved Rome
The Story of Virginia
The Sacrifice of Marcus Curtius
The Miraculous Pitcher
The Golden Touch
The Pomegranate Seeds
Orpheus and Eurydice
Icarus and Daedalus
Phaethon
Niobe
Pyramus and Thisbe
The Apple of Discord
The Quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles
The Fight between Paris and Menelaus
The Deul between Hector and Ajax
The Death of Patroclus
Vulcan Makes Armor for Achilles
The Slaying of Hector
The Funeral Games in Honor of Patroclus
The Wooden Horse and the Fall of Troy
An Adventure with the Cyclops
Circe's Palace
The Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis
Ulysses Lands on the Shore of Ithaca
Ulysses at the House of the Swineherd
The Vengeance of Ulysses
The Flight of Aeneas
Aeneas's Adventure with the Harpies
Aeneas in the Land of the Cyclops
Aeneas and Queen Dido
The Funeral Games of Anchises
Aeneas's Visit to the Lower World
Aeneas's First Great Battle with the Latins
Aeneas Finally Conquers the Latins


Church. The Iliad

Today's free book is The Iliad for Boys and Girls by Alfred J. Church (the name of the illustrator is not given). You can find out more about this book in the Homer's Iliad unit of the Myth-Folklore UnTextbook.

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

This book is available at Internet ArchiveBaldwin ProjectHathi Books, and Google Books. There is also a free audiobook at LibriVox. You can get a free Kindle ebook from Amazon too!



Of How the War with Troy Began 
The Quarrel 
What Thetis Did for Her Son 
The Duel of Paris and Menelaus 
How the Oath Was Broken 
The Great Deeds of Diomed 
Concerning Other Valiant Deeds 
Of Glaucus and Diomed 
Hector and Andromache 
How Hector and Ajax Fought 
The Battle on the Plain 
The Repentance of Agamemnon 
The Embassy to Achilles 
The Story of Old Phoenix 
The Adventure of Diomed and Ulysses 
The Wounding of the Chiefs 
The Battle at the Wall 
The Battle at the Ships 
The Deeds and Death of Patroclus 
The Rousing of Achilles 
The Making of the Arms 
The Quarrel Ended 
The Battle at the River 
The Slaying of Hector 
The Ransoming of Hector 
The End of Troy

Kline. Statius's Thebaid

Today's free book is Statius: The Thebaid, An Epic of the Seven Against Thebes, translated by Tony Kline. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

Tony Kline, the translator, has generously made his work available to read for free online: Statius: The Thebaid.


Book I The two brothers: the origins of the conflict
Book II The Argive embassy: the ambush
Book III Argos prepares for war
Book IV The Argives approach Thebes
Book V Hypsipyle’s tale
Book VI The funeral of Archemorus
Book VII The battle begins: the death of Amphiaraus
Book VIII The death of Tydeus
Book IX The deaths of Hippomedon and Parthenopaeus
Book X  The death of Capaneus
Book XI The duel: the deaths of Eteocles and Polynices
Book XII Theseus kills Creon, and makes peace

Church. Stories from Virgil

Today's free book is Stories from Virgil by Alfred Church. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust and Google Books. There is also a free audiobook at LibriVox. You can get a free Kindle ebook from Amazon too!




I. THE HORSE OF WOOD: text
II. THE SACK OF TROY: text
III. ÆNEAS AND ANCHISES: text
IV. POLYDORUS—DELOS—CRETE—THE HARPIES: text
V. KING HELENUS—THE CYCLOPS: text
VI. THE SHIPWRECK: text
VII. CARTHAGE: text
VIII. DIDO: text
IX. THE LOVE AND DEATH OF DIDO: text
X. THE FUNERAL GAMES OF ANCHISES: text
XI. THE FUNERAL GAMES (CONTINUED): text
XII. THE BURNING OF THE SHIPS—THE VOYAGE TO ITALY: text
XIII. THE SIBYL: text
XIV. THE DWELLINGS OF THE DEAD: text
XV. KING LATINUS: text
XVI. THE WRATH OF JUNO: text
XVII. THE GATHERING OF THE CHIEFS: text
XVIII. KING EVANDER: text
XIX. THE ARMS OF ÆNEAS: text
XX. NISUS AND EURYALUS: text
XXI. THE BATTLE AT THE CAMP: text
XXII. THE BATTLE ON THE SHORE: text
XXIII. THE COUNCIL: text
XXIV. THE BATTLE AT THE CITY: text
XXV. THE BROKEN TREATY: text
XXVI. THE DEATH OF TURNUS: text

Guerber. Story of the Greeks

Today's free book is The Story of the Greeks by H. A. Guerber. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at the Baldwin Project, Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, and Hathi Trust. There is also a free audiobook at LibriVox. You can get a free Kindle ebook from Amazon too!


Early Inhabitants of Greece
The Deluge of Ogyges
The Founding of Many Important Cities
Story of Deucalion
The Story of Dædalus and Icarus
The Adventures of Jason
Theseus Visits the Labyrinth
The Terrible Prophecy
The Sphinx's Riddle
Blindness and Death of Å’dipus
The Brothers' Quarrel
The Taking of Thebes
The Childhood of Paris
The Muster of the Troops
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia
The Wrath of Achilles
Death of Hector and Achilles
The Burning of Troy
Heroic Death of Codrus
The Blind Poet
The Rise of Sparta
The Spartan Training
The Brave Spartan Boy
Public Tables in Sparta
Laws of Lycurgus
The Messenian War
The Music of Tyrtæus
Aristomenes' Escape
The Olympic Games
Milo of Croton
The Jealous Athlete
The Girls' Games
The Bloody Laws of Draco
The Laws of Solon
The First Plays
The Tyrant Pisistratus
The Tyrant's Insult
Death of the Conspirators
Hippias Driven out of Athens
The Great King
Hippias Visits Darius
Destruction of the Persian Host
The Advance of the Second Host
The Battle of Marathon
Miltiades' Disgrace
Aristides the Just
Two Noble Spartan Youths
The Great Army
Preparations for Defense
Leonidas at Thermopylæ
Death of Leonidas
The Burning of Athens
The Battles of Salamis and Platæa
The Rebuilding of Athens
Death of Pausanias
Cimon Improves Athens
The Earthquake
The Age of Pericles
The Teachings of Anaxagoras
Beginning of the Peloponnesian War
Death of Pericles
The Philosopher Socrates
Socrates' Favorite Pupil
Youth of Alcibiades
Greek Colonies in Italy
Alcibiades in Disgrace
Death of Alcibiades
The Overthrow of the Thirty Tyrants
Accusation of Socrates
Death of Socrates
The Defeat of Cyrus
The Retreat of the Ten Thousand
Agesilaus in Asia
A Strange Interview
The Peace of Antalcidas
The Theban Friends
Thebes Free Once More
The Battle of Leuctra
Death of Pelopidas
The Battle of Mantinea
The Tyrant of Syracuse
Story of Damon and Pythias
The Sword of Damocles
Dion and Dionysius
Civil War in Syracuse
Death of Dion
Philip of Macedon
Philip Begins His Conquests
The Orator Demosthenes
Philip Masters Greece
Birth of Alexander
The Steed Bucephalus
Alexander as King
Alexander and Diogenes
Alexander's Brilliant Beginning
The Gordian Knot
Alexander's Royal Captives
Alexander at Jerusalem
The African Desert
Death of Darius
Defeat of Porus
The Return to Babylon
Death of Alexander the Great
The Division of the Realm
Death of Demosthenes
The Last of the Athenians
The Colossus of Rhodes
The Battle of Ipsus
Demetrius and the Athenians
The Achæan League
Division in Sparta
Death of Agis
The War of the Two Leagues
The Last of the Greeks
Greece a Roman Province

Apuleius. Golden Ass (Adlington, trans.)

Today's free book is The Golden Asse by Lucius Apuleius translated by William Adlington. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Sacred Texts, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. You can get a free Kindle ebook from Amazon too!



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Table of Contents

THE FIRST BOOKE
THE FIRST CHAPTER: How Apuleius riding in Thessaly, fortuned to fall into company with two strangers, that reasoned together of the mighty power of Witches.
THE SECOND CHAPTER: How Apuleius told to the strangers, what he saw a jugler do in Athens.
THE THIRD CHAPTER: How Socrates in his returne from Macedony to Larissa was spoyled and robbed, and how he fell acquainted with one Meroe a Witch.
THE FOURTH CHAPTER: How Meroe the Witch turned divers persons into miserable beasts.
THE FIFTH CHAPTER: How Socrates and Aristomenus slept together in one Chamber, and how they were handled by Witches.
THE SIXTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius came unto a city named Hipate, and was lodged in one Milos house, and brought him letters from one Demeas of Corinth.
THE SEVENTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius going to buy fish, met with his companion Pythias.

THE SECOND BOOKE
THE EIGHTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius fortuned to meet with his Cousin Byrrhena.
THE NINTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius fell in love with Fotis.
THE TENTH CHAPTER: How Byrrhena sent victuals unto Apuleius, and how hee talked with Milo of Diophanes, and how he lay with Fotis.
THE ELEVENTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius supped with Byrrhena, and what a strange tale Bellephoron told at the table.

THE THIRD BOOKE
THE TWELFTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius was taken and put in prison for murther.
THE THIRTEENTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius was accused by an old man, and how he answered for himselfe.
THE FOURTEENTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius was accused by two women, and how the slaine bodies were found blowne bladders.
THE FIFTEENTH CHAPTER: How Fotis told to Apuleius, what witchcraft her mistresse did use.
THE SIXTEENTH CHAPTER: How Fotis brought Apuleius to see her Mistresse enchant.
THE SEVENTEENTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius thinking to be turned into a Bird, was turned into an Asse, and how he was led away by Theves.

THE FOURTH BOOKE
THE EIGHTEENTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius thinking to eat Roses, was cruelly beaten by a Gardener, and chased by dogs.
THE NINETEENTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius was prevented of his purpose, and how the Theeves came to their den.
THE TWENTIETH CHAPTER: How Thrasileon was disguised in a Beares skin, and how he was handled.
THE TWENTY-FIRST CHAPTER: How the Theeves stole away a Gentlewoman, and brought her to their den.

THE MARRIAGE OF CUPID AND PSYCHES
THE TWENTY-SECOND CHAPTER: The most pleasant and delectable tale of the marriage of Cupid and Psyches.

THE SIXTH BOOKE
THE TWENTY-THIRD CHAPTER: How Apuleius carried away the Gentlewoman, and how they were taken againe by the theeves, and what a kind of death was invented for them.

THE SEVENTH BOOKE
THE TWENTY-FOURTH CHAPTER: How hee that was left behinde at Hippata did bring newes concerning the robbery of Miloes house, came home and declared to his Company, that all the fault was laid to one Apuleius his charge.
THE TWENTY-FIFTH CHAPTER: How the death of the Asse, and the Gentlewoman was stayed.
THE TWENTY-SIXTH CHAPTER: How all the Theeves were brought asleepe by their new companion.
THE TWENTY-SEVENTH CHAPTER: How the Gentlewoman was carried home by her husband while the theeves were asleepe, and how much Apuleius was made of.
THE TWENTY-EIGHTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius was made a common Asse to fetch home wood, and how he was handled by a boy.
THE TWENTY-NINTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius was accused of Lechery by the boy.
THE THIRTIETH CHAPTER: How the boy that lead Apuleius to the field, was slaine in the wood.
THE THIRTY-FIRST CHAPTER: How Apuleius was cruelly beaten by the Mother of the boy that was slaine.

THE EIGHTH BOOKE
THE THIRTY-SECOND CHAPTER: How a young man came and declared the miserable death of Lepolemus and his wife Charites.
THE THIRTY-THIRD CHAPTER: How Apuleius was lead away by the Horsekeeper: and what danger he was in.
THE THIRTY-FOURTH CHAPTER: How the shepheards determined to abide in a certaine wood to cure their wounds.
THE THIRTY-FIFTH CHAPTER: How a woman killed her selfe and her child, because her husband haunted harlots.
THE THIRTY-SIXTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius was cheapned by divers persons, and how they looked in his mouth to know his age.

THE NINTH BOOKE
THE THIRTY-SEVENTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius saved himselfe from the Cooke, breaking his halter, and of other things that happened.
THE THIRTY-EIGHTH CHAPTER: Of the deceipt of a Woman which made her husband Cuckold.
THE THIRTY-NINTH CHAPTER: How the Priests of the goddesse Siria were taken and put in prison, and how Apuleius was sold to a Baker.
THE FORTIETH CHAPTER: How Apuleius was handled by the Bakers wife, which was a harlot.
THE FORTY-FIRST CHAPTER: How Barbarus being jealous over his wife, commanded that shee should be kept close in his house, and what happened.
THE FORTY-SECOND CHAPTER: How Apuleius after the Baker was hanged, was sold to a Gardener, and what dreadfull things happened.
THE FORTY-THIRD CHAPTER: How Apuleius was found by his shadow.

THE TENTH BOOKE
THE FORTY-FOURTH CHAPTER: How the souldier drave Apuleius away, and how he came to a Captaines house, and what happened there.
THE FORTY-FIFTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius was sold to two brethren, whereof one was a Baker, and the other a Cooke, and how finely and daintily he fared.
THE FORTY-SIXTH CHAPTER: How a certaine Matron fell in love with Apuleius, how hee had his pleasure with her, and what other things happened.

THE ELEVENTH BOOKE
THE FORTY-SEVENTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius by Roses and prayer returned to his humane shape.
THE FORTY-EIGHTH CHAPTER: How the parents and friends of Apuleius heard news that he was alive and in health.

Burt-Ragozin. Herakles and Other Heroes

Today's free book is Herakles, the Hero of Thebes, and Other Heroes of the Myth by Mary Burt and Zenaide Ragozin. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at  Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books.



I. The Babe Herakles [Heracles, Hercules]
II. Herakles is Doomed to Serve Eurystheus
III. The First Labor—The Nemean Lion
IV. The Second Labor—Herakles Kills the Water-Snake of Lake Lerna
V. The Third Labor—The Golden-Horned Hind
VI. The Fourth Labor—The Erymanthian Boar
VII. The Fifth Labor—Herakles Cleans the Augeian Stables
VIII. The Sixth Labor—The Birds of Stymphalos
IX. The Seventh Labor—Herakles Catches the Mad Bull of Crete
[viii]X. The Eighth Labor—The Horses of Diomedes
XI. The Ninth Labor—The Girdle of Hippolyte
XII. The Tenth Labor—The Cattle of Geryon
XIII. The Eleventh Labor—The Golden Apples of Hesperides
XIV. The Twelfth Labor—Herakles Fetches Cerberus Out of Hades
XV. Theseus, the Hero of Athens
XVI. The First Exploits of Theseus. He Finds His Father
XVII. The Adventures of Theseus
XVIII. The Adventures of Theseus
XIX. Jason, the Hero of Thessaly
XX. Jason Claims His Throne
XXI. The Expedition
XXII. Jason Finds the Golden Fleece
XXIII. Orpheus, the Hero of the Lyre
XXIV. Pelops, the Hero of the Peloponnesos
[ix]XXV. Perseus, the Hero of Argos
XXVI. Perseus Finds the Gorgons
XXVII. Perseus Rescues Andromeda
XXVIII. Perseus Becomes King of Tiryns
XXIX. Triptolemos, the Hero of Eleusis, and Demeter, the Earth-Mother
XXX. Demeter’s Grief
XXXI. Demeter’s Joy
XXXII. Triptolemos Becomes a Hero. Demeter’s Gift
XXXIII. Prometheus, the Champion of Mankind
XXXIV. Prometheus Unbound
XXXV. Deukalion, the Champion of a New Race
XXXVI. Dædalos, a Hero of Invention
XXXVII. Phaethon, a Hero of Bad Fortune
XXXVIII. The Death of Phaethon

Boothby. Fables and Satires

Today's free book is Fables and Satires by Sir Brooke Boothby. You can find out more about this book in the Aesop's Fables (English) unit of the Myth-Folklore UnTextbook.

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available in two volumes:
Internet Archive: Volume 1 and Volume 2
Hathi Trust: both volumes
Google BooksVolume 1 and Volume 2




Volume 1
The Wolf and the Lamb
The Frogs desiring a King
The Jackdaw and the Peacock
The Dog and his Shadow
The Lion and the Beasts
The Frogs and the Sun
The Fox and the Mask
The Wolf and the Crane
The Sparrow and the Hare
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Ape
The Ass and the Lion
The Stag at the Fountain
The Fox and the Crow
The Cobler turned Physician
The Ass and the Shepherd
The Ram, the Stag, and the Wolf
The Ram, the Dog, and the Wolf
The Bitch in Labour
The famished Dogs
The lion won with Age
The Man and the Weasel
The faithful Dog
The Frog and the Ox
The Dog and the Crocodile
The Fox and the Crane
The Vulture, the Dog, and the Treasure
The Fox and the Eagle
The Frogs and the Bulls
The Kite and the Pigeons
The Lion, the Robber, and the Traveller
The Man and his Mistresses
The Man and the Dog
The Eagle, the Cat, and the Sow
Cesar to his Valet
The Eagle, the Raven, and the Tortoise
The Mules and the Robbers
The Stag and the Oxen
The Old Woman and the Wine Cask
The Panther and the Countryman
The Ape's Head
Esop to an insolent Fellow
The Fly and the Horse
The Dog and the Wolf
The Brother and Sister
Socrates and his Friends
On Credulity
The Cripple and the Reprobate
The Cock and the Pearl
The Bees and the Drones
The Dog and the Lamb
The Grasshopper and the Owl
The Trees protected by the Gods
Juno and the Peacock
Esop to a Prater
The Ass and the Gipsies
The Weasel and the Old House
The Fox and the Grapes
The Horse and the Boar
Esop's Decision
The Battle of the Mice and the Weasels
Phedrus and his Critics
The Viper and the File
The Fox and the Goat
The two Wallets
The Thief robbing the Altar
Hercules and Pluto
The Lion King
The He and She Goats
The Old Pilot and the Sailors
The Embassy of the Dogs
The Man and the Serpent
Demetrius and Menander
The Travellers and the Robber
The Bald Man and the Fly
The Man and the Ass
The Buffoon and the Clown
The two Bald-Pates
Prince the Piper
Time (Opportunity described)
The Bulland the Calf
The Sportsman and the Old Hound
The Sick Kite
The Hares Weary of Life
Jupiter and the Cat
The Lion and the Mouse
The Woodman and the Trees
The Wolf and the Mother
The Crab and her Daughter
The Sun and the Wind
The Hunters and the Bear
The Boy and the Thief
The Lark and her Young Ones
The Satyr and the Traveller
The Man and the Goose
The Trumpeter taken Prisoner
Hercules and the Carter
The Ant and the Grasshopper
The Bald Knight
The Lion and the Man
The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
The Crow and the Pitcher
The Lion and the Bulls
The Angler and the little Fish
The Frog and the Fox
The Wolf and the Kid
The Lion and the Goats
The Ape and her Young Ones
The envious Man and the Miser
The Fir-tree and the Thorn
The Fox and the Leopard
The Ass in the lion's Skin
The Dog in the Manger
The Peacock and the Crane,
The City Mouse and the Country Mouse
The Mouse and the Weasel
The Sick Lion
The Sheep and the Wolves
The Heifer and the yoke of Oxen
The Ant and the Dove
The Stag and the Vine
The mischievous Dog
The Partridge and the Fowls
The two Frogs
The Cameleon
The Statuary and Mercury
The Sick Man and the Physician
The Frogs and the Tortoise
The Crow and the Wolf
Jupiter and the Ass
The Farmer and the Stork
The two Bees
The Boys and the Frogs
The Oak and the Lilac
The Hawk and the Nightingale
The Wolf and the Kid
The Herdsman and the Lion
The Thief and his Mother
The Fuller and the Collier
The Frogs and the Mice
The Crow and the Peacock
The Farmer and his Sons
Fortune and the Boy
The Swallow and the Birds
The Boasting Traveller
The Tunny and the Sturgeon
The Ass carrying Relics
The Fox and the two Holes
The Ape and the Fox
The Sow and the Wolf
The Fox, the Lion, and the Ass
The Old Woman and her Maids
Mercury and the Woodman
Industry and Sloth
The Woodman and Death
The Lioness and the Sow
The Birds, the Beasts, and the Bat
The Horse and the Wolf
The Lion, the Tyger, and the Fox

Volume 2

The Man and the Serpent
The Shepherd turned Merchant
The Horse and the Ass
The Eagle and the Locust
The Spendthrift and the Swallow
The Lion, the Bull, and the Goat
The Ape and her Young Ones
The Eagle and the Crow
The Head and the Tail
The Man and the Snake
The Ass and the Farmer
The Wolf and the Shepherd’s Boy
The Thief and the Pauper
The Hare and her Ears
The Fox without a Tail
The Men and the Oyster
The Shepherd and his Dog
The Hare and the Tortoise
The Woodman and the Fox
The Bee, the Ant, and the Spider
The Horse and the Ass
The Cunning Man
The Fox and the Ape
The Apple Tree
The Countryman and the Justice
The Gnat and the Ox
The Bird and the Arrow
The Eagle and the Serpent
The Cock and the Fox
The Storks and the Geese
The Fox and the Lion
The Blind Man and the Lame
The Cat and the Fox
The Man and the Serpent
The Castle and the Cottage
The Boy and the Cherries
The Wolf and the Shepherds
The Two Streams
The Sot and his Wife
The Farmer and his quarrelsome Sons
The Ass, the Ape, and the Mole
The Fox and the Hedgehog
The Lion, the Fox, and the Ass
The Eagle and the Owl
The Fool who sold Wisdom
The Eagle and the Snail
The Dancing Dogs
The Boy and the Goldfinch
The Diamond and the Pebble
The Pike and the Herring
The Ungrateful Son
The Fig Tree and the Flowering Shrub
The Farmer and the Landlord
The House-dog and the Pointer
The Lad and the Schoolmaster
The Man and his Ass
The Prince and the Mountebank
The Fox and the Wolf
The Man who would choose his Lot
The Dreamer and his Son
Cupid and Death
Neptune and Pallas
Prometheus
Fortune and Vice
The Vultures and the Pigeons
The Old Man and Death
The Scythian
The Drowned Woman
The Reed and the Oak
The Animals sick of the Plague
The Married Man
The Milk-maid
The Acorn and the Gourd
The Rats in Council
The Old Man and the young ones
The Doves
The Friends
The Peasant of the Danube
The Rose and the Amaranth
The Child in the Boat
The Bee and the Gardener
Esop and the Poet
The Green Ass
The Tailor and his Wife
The Husband and the Confessor
The Priest and the Bishop
Cyrus's Lesson
The Painter
Aristippus and the Niggard
The Gardener and the Schoolmaster
The Rake and the Pious Man
The Woman and the Mute
The Beggar and the Bishop
The Natural Son
The Journey
The Lion and the Ape
The Brothers
The Duellist
The Travellers
The Boy and the Churchwarden
The Lap-dog
The Cobbler and the Nabob
The Horse and his Rider
The Man informed of his destiny
Pleasure and Pain
The Periwig and the Hair
Genius and Labour
The two Dogs
The Waiter and his Master
The Clown and the Spectacles
The favourite Pigeon
Darwin and the Fool
The Physician and the Quack
The Travellers
The Short-sighted Man
The Man restored to his Senses
The two Books
The Sleep of the Wicked
The Tyrant and the Patriot
The good Minister
The Journey to Babylon
The Jockey and the Betters
The Dog and the Quaker
The Villagers of the Alps
Generosity
The Housewife and her Hen
The Boy and the Whistle
The Superannuated Actor
The Traveller
The Card House
The two Sous
The Old Admiral
The Landlord and Iris Guests 
Jupiter and the Female Sex
Cupid and the Bee
Amore fugitivo
Coquetry
The Rose's Looking-glass
The Lily
Four Satires

Mackail. Aeneid of Virgil

Today's free book is The Aeneid of Virgil translated by J. W. Mackail (1885). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Project Gutenberg (I have not checked for other online sources). There's also a free audiobook at LibriVox.



Table of Contents

1 The Coming of Aeneas to Carthage
2 The Story of the Sack of Troy
3 The Story of the Seven Years' Wandering
4 The Love of Dido, and Her End
5 The Games of the Fleet
6 The Vision of the Under World
7 The Landing in Latium, and the Roll of the Armies of Italy
8 The Embassage to Evander
9 The Siege of the Trojan Camp
10 The Battle on the Beach
11 The Council of the Latins, and the Life and Death of Camilla
12 The Slaying of Turnus


Ford. Homer: The Poetry of the Past

Today's free book is Homer: The Poetry of the Past by Andrew Ford (1992). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book from Cornell University Press is available to read online at the JSTOR Open Access project.



Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 THE GENRE: Traditional Definitions of Epic (pp. 13-56)
CHAPTER 2 THE POEM: Homer’s Muses and the Unity of Epic (pp. 57-89)
CHAPTER 3 THE POET: Tradition, Transmission, and Time (pp. 90-130)
CHAPTER 4 THE TEXT: Signs of Writing in Homer (pp. 131-171)
CHAPTER 5 POETRY: The Voice of Song (pp. 172-197)


Doob. The Idea of the Labyrinth

Today's free book is The Idea of the Labyrinth from Classical Antiquity through the Middle Ages by Penelope Reed Doob (1990). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book from Cornell University Press is available to read online at the JSTOR Open Access project.


Table of Contents

CHAPTER ONE The Literary Witness: Labyrinths in Pliny, Virgil, and Ovid (pp. 17-38)
CHAPTER TWO The Labyrinth as Significant Form: Two Paradigms (pp. 39-63)
CHAPTER THREE A Taxonomy of Metaphorical Labyrinths (pp. 64-92)
CHAPTER FOUR Etymologies and Verbal Implications (pp. 95-100)
CHAPTER FIVE Mazes in Medieval Art and Architecture (pp. 101-144)
CHAPTER SIX Moral Labyrinths in Medieval Literature (pp. 145-191)
CHAPTER SEVEN Textual Labyrinths: Toward a Labyrinthine Aesthetic (pp. 192-222)
CHAPTER EIGHT Virgil’s Aeneid (pp. 227-253)
CHAPTER NINE Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy (pp. 254-270)
CHAPTER TEN Dante’sDivine Comedy (pp. 271-306)
CHAPTER ELEVEN Chaucer’s House of Fame (pp. 307-340)
Appendix: Labyrinths in Manuscripts (pp. 341-342)


Church. Heroes and Kings

Today's book is Heroes and Kings: Stories from the Greek by Alfred J. Church. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Internet Archive and Hathi Trust.


The Story of the Ship Argo (from Apollonius of Rhodes)
The Meeting of Glaucus and Diomedes (from Homer)
The Embassy to Achilles (from Homer)
The Battle of the Gods (from Homer)
The Funeral Games of Patroclus (from Homer)
The Visit of Ulysses to the Dead (from Homer)
The Triumph of Ulysses (from Homer)
The Story of Periander of Corinth (from Herodotus)
The Story of Polycrates of Samos (from Herodotus)


Lucian. Dialogues

Today's free book is Lucian's Dialogues; namely, The dialogues of the gods, of the sea-gods, and of the dead; by Howard Williams (1888). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available to read online at Hathi Trust (I have not checked other online sources).


Table of Contents

Dialogues of the Gods
Prometheus and Zeus
Zeus and Eros
Zeus and Hermes
Zeus and Ganymede
Hera and Zeus
Ixion and Hera
Hephaestus and Apollo
Hephaestus and Zeus
Hermes and Poseidon
Hermes and Helios
Aphrodite and Selene
Aphrodite and Eros
Asclepius and Heracles
Apollo and Hermes
Hermes and Apollo
Hera and Leto
Hermes and Apollo
Hera and zeus
Eros and Aphrodite
Judgment of Paris
Ares and Zeus
Pan and Hermes
Apollo and Bacchus
Hermes and Maia
Helios and Zeus
Apollo and Hermes

Dialogues of the Sea-Gods
Doris and Polyphemus
Polyphemus and Poseidon
Poseidon and Alpheius
Menelaus and Proteus
Panope and Galene
Amymone and Poseidon
Zephyrus and Notus
Poseidon and the Dolphins
Poseidon and Amphitrite
Iris and Poseidon
Xanthus and Thalassa
Thetis and Doris
Enipeus and Poseidon
Triton and Nereids
Zephyrus and Notus

Dialogues of the Dead
Diogenes and Polydeukes
Croesus, Midas and Saradanapalus and Pluto
Menippus, Trophonius and Amphilochus
Hermes and Charon
Pluto and Hermes
Terpsion and pluto
Zenophantes and Kallidemides
Knemon and Damnippus
Polystratus and Simylus
Charon and Hermes
Krates and Diogenes
Alexander the Great and Hannibal
Diogenes and Alexander
Philip of Macedon and Alexander
Antilochus and Achilles
Diogenes and Heracles
Menippus and Tantalus
Menippus and Hermes
Protesilaus and Aeacus
Aeacus and Menippus
Menippus and Cerberus
Charon and Menippus
Protesilaus and Pluto
Diogenes and Mausolus
Nireus and Thersites
Cheiron and Menippus
Diogenes, Antisthenes and Krates
Menippus Teiresias
Agamemnon and Ajax
Sostratus and Minos

Zeus the Tragedian

The Convicted Zeus

The Convention of the Gods

The Ferry-Boat; or, The Tyrant

Menippus; or, The Oracle of the Dead