Emblems—Dis—Plutus—Hell—Cerberus—Fates—Furies—Judges of the Dead—Punishment inflicted on the Condemned—Giants—Ixion—Sisyphus—Tantalus—The Belides—Salmoneus—Elysium

99 CHAPTER XXIV. Fabulous Monsters—Centaurs—Geryon—Harpies—Briareus—The Chimæra—Explanation of this Fable—The Sphinx—Fabulous History—Statue of the Sphinx in Egypt 105 CHAPTER XXV. Household Divinities—Penates—Offices and Attributes—Lares—Their Offices—Sacrifices offered to the Goddess Mania—Honors paid to the Lares—Virtues worshipped as Divinities 108 CHAPTER XXVI. Demigods and Heroes—Their Origin—Hercules—His Parentage—Twelve Labors of the Hero—Field of Narbonne—Death of Hercules 114 CHAPTER XXVII. Jason—Expedition in search of the Golden Fleece—Medea—Her Revenge—Theseus—Tribute imposed on the Athenians—Departure of Theseus—Destruction of the Minotaur—Ariadne—Death of Ægeus 119 CHAPTER XXVIII. Castor And Pollux—Their Parentage—Death of Castor—Constellation Gemini—Prometheus—His Parentage—His Impiety—Pandora’s Box—Punishment of Prometheus 123 CHAPTER XXIX. Orpheus—Story of Eurydice—Death of Orpheus—Transformation of Thracian Women into Trees—Arion—Amphion 125 CHAPTER XXX. Atlas—His Parentage—Transformed by Perseus into a Mountain—Explanation of the Fable—Pleiades—Hyades—Hesperides—Orion—His Parentage, Exploits and Death—Transformation into a Constellation—Perseus—His Parentage—Rescue of Andromeda—Death of Acrisius 129 CHAPTER XXXI. Bellerophon—Victory over the Chimæra—His Presumption and its Punishment—Deucalion—Legend of the re-peopling of the Earth after the Deluge—Probable Explanation—Dædalus—Labyrinth—Death of Icarus—Ceyx—Alcyone—Halcyon Birds 134 CHAPTER XXXII. Meleager—The Calydonian Hunt—Erisichthon, Nisus and Scylla 140 CHAPTER XXXIII. Poets of Classic Fable—Homer—Hesiod—Virgil—Ovid 145 CHAPTER XXXIV. Heroes Celebrated by the Poets—Agamemnon—Sacrifice of Iphigenia—Quarrel with Achilles—Murder of Agamemnon by Ægisthus and Clytemnestra—Achilles—His Parentage—Discovered by Ulysses at the Court of Lycomedes—His Quarrel with Agamemnon—Death of Patroclus—Exploits during the Siege—Death of Achilles—Sacrifice of Polyxena—Transformation of Hecuba 152 CHAPTER XXXV. Ulysses—His Marriage with Penelope—Feigned Insanity—Exploits during the Siege of Troy—Lotus Eaters—Slaying of the Sacred Cattle by the Sailors—Their destruction—Ulysses in the Island of Calypso—Cast on the Shores of Phæacia—His Arrival in Ithaca—Suitors of Penelope—Her Deliverance by Ulysses 156 CHAPTER XXXVI. Orestes—Education at the Court of Strophius—Pylades—Murder of Clytemnestra—Orestes pursued by the Furies—Discovery of Iphigenia at Tauris—Circumstances added by the Tragic Poets—Hector—Character and Exploits of the Hero; his Death—Fate of Astyanax—Œdipus—Eteocles and Polynices—Theban War—Heroism of Antigone 164 CHAPTER XXXVII. Æneas—His Parentage—His Flight from Troy—Interview with Andromache at Epirus—Prophecy of Helenus—Æneas driven by a Storm on the Coast of Africa—Received by Dido at Carthage—Departure of Æneas—Death of Dido—Funeral Games—Descent into the Infernal Regions—Landing of Æneas in Italy—War—Death of Turnus and Marriage of Æneas with Lavinia—His Death 171 CHAPTER XXXVIII. Sibyls—Story of the Cumæan Sibyl—Legend of the Sibylline Books—Their destruction—Opinions entertained regarding these Verses—Divination by Omens—The Augurs—Different Classes of Omens—Anecdote 176 CHAPTER XXXIX. Oracles—Oracle of Jupiter at Dodona—Manner of giving Responses—Oracle of Delphi—Account given by Diodorus—The Pythia—Remarkable Responses—Unsuccessful attempts made to plunder this Temple—Despoiled by Nero and others—Oracle of Trophonius—Story of the Hero and his Brother—Agamedes—Discovery of the Oracle—Peculiar Rites observed by the Votaries—Oracle of Jupiter Ammon—Its Situation—Temple founded