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Greek and Roman Mythology

Fig. 53.—Head of Niobe. Florence.

THE MYTHOLOGY
OF
GREECE AND ROME
WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ITS USE IN ART

EDITED BY
G. H. BIANCHI, M.A.
LATE SCHOLAR OF ST. PETER’S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE BROTHERTON SANSKRIT PRIZEMAN, 1875
WITH SIXTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS
New and Revised Edition
LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL, Ld.
Made and Printed in Great Britain.
Richard Clay & Sons, Limited.
Printers, Bungay, Suffolk.
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PREFACE.

No apology can be needed for introducing to the public awork like the present. There has long been a want ofa book which should, in a moderate compass, give a clear andreadable account of these legends; for Dictionaries of Mythologydo not give a view of the subject as a whole; and the price ofmost other works on the Greek and Roman myths would preventtheir being used as class-books. These considerations have ledthe publishers to bring out this book in an English dress.

If any should be inclined to ask what Mythology has to dowith men of the present day, the reply is plain. The works ofart in our galleries and museums require a certain amount ofknowledge of the mythology of the Greeks and Romans for thefull appreciation of their subjects. There is hardly any literaturein Europe which has not been more or less coloured bythese legends; and in our own day their power to inspire thepoet has by no means ceased. Nay, they have incorporatedthemselves into our very language: “Herculean strength” is4almost as common an expression now a

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