LEMNIAN ATHENA
THE CLASSIC MYTHS
IN ENGLISH LITERATUREAND IN ART
BASED ORIGINALLY ON BULFINCH'S "AGE OF FABLE" (1855)
ACCOMPANIED BY AN INTERPRETATIVE ANDILLUSTRATIVE COMMENTARY
BY
CHARLES MILLS GAYLEY, Litt.D., LL.D.
PROFESSOR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATUREIN THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
NEW EDITION
REVISED AND ENLARGED
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TO THE MUSES
Or in the chambers of the East,
The chambers of the sun, that now
From ancient melody have ceas'd;
Or the green corners of the earth,
Or the blue regions of the air,
Where the melodious winds have birth;
Beneath the bosom of the sea,
Wandering in many a coral grove,
Fair Nine, forsaking Poetry;
That bards of old enjoyed in you!
The languid strings do scarcely move,
The sound is forc'd, the notes are few!
William Blake
And joyous with the joyous youth of yore;
O antique fables! for a little light
Of that which shineth in you evermore,
To cleanse the dimness from our weary eyes,
And bathe our old world with a new surprise
Of golden dawn entrancing sea and shore.
James Thomson
PREFACE
In this new edition of "The Classic Myths in English Literature"the former order of materials has been altered in accordancewith the advice of the teachers who have had longest experiencewith the use of the book; the old material has been thoroughlyrevised; and much new material has been added. Since mostpeople prefer to begin a story at its beginning, and not with thecareer of its author and his genealogy, I have reserved the historyof the my