  WHAT PROMETHEUS DID WITH A BIT OF CLAY HOW VULCAN MADE THE BEST OF THINGS PEGASUS, THE HORSE WHO COULD FLY THE HERO WITH A FAIRY GODMOTHER WHEN PHAETON'S CHARIOT RAN AWAY. HOW HYACINTHUS BECAME A FLOWER. HOW MERCURY GAVE UP HIS TRICKS. A LITTLE ERRAND GIRL'S NEW DRESS THE PLOUGHMAN WHO BROUGHT FAMINE. WHEN POMONA SHARED HER APPLES. HOW PSYCHE REACHED MOUNT OLYMPUS. THE WINNING OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE. HOW A GOLDEN APPLE CAUSED A WAR. HOW A WOODEN HORSE WON A CITY. Transcriber's Note: WONDER STORIES THE BEST MYTHS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS Iris crossing the Rainbow Bridge. Page 222 WONDER STORIES | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| How the Myths Began | 7 |
| What Prometheus Did with a Bit of Clay | 13 |
| The Paradise of Children.—Nathaniel Hawthorne | 22 |
| What Became of the Giants | 33 |
| How Vulcan Made the Best of Things | 40 |
| How Orion Found His Sight | 48 |
| The Wonders Venus Wrought | 56 |
| Where the Labyrinth Led | 65 |
| How Perseus Conquered the Sea | 74 |
| Pegasus, the Horse Who Could Fly | 84 |
| How Mars Lost a Battle | 92 |
| How Minerva Built a City | 102 |
| Cadmus, the Alphabet King | 113 |
| The Picture Minerva Wove | 120 |
| The Hero with a Fairy Godmother | 126 |
| The Pygmies.—Nathaniel Hawthorne | 136 |
| The Horn of Plenty | 148 |
| The Wonder the Frogs Missed | 154 |
| When Phaeton's Chariot Ran Away | 163 |
| When Apollo was Herdsman | 174 |
| How Jupiter Granted a Wish | 181 |
| How Hyacinthus Became a Flower | 189 |
| How King Midas Lost His Ears | 196 |
| How Mercury Gave up his Tricks | 205 |
| A Little Errand Girl's New Dress | 215 |
| When Proserpine was Lost | 224 |
| The Ploughman who Brought Famine | 234 |
| The Bee Man of Arcadia | 242 |
| When Pomona Shared Her Apples | 252 |
| How Psyche Reached Mount Olympus | 261 |
| How Melampos Fed the Serpent | 272 |
| How a Huntress Became a Bear | 281 |
| The Adventure of Glaucus | 287 |
| The Winning of the Golden Fleece | 297 |
| Medea's Cauldron | 304 |
| How a Golden Apple Caused a War | 311 |
| How a Wooden Horse Won a War | 322 |
| The Cyclops.—Alfred Church | 329 |
| GLOSSARY | 339 |
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