104

_The Cyclops._
The One-eyed Polyphemus 108

_Oedipus and the Sphinx._
Oedipus Stood Before the Sphinx 116

_Antigone, the Faithful Daughter and Sister._
The Blind Oedipus, Led by His Daughter
Antigone 118

_The Story of Iphigenia._
Iphigenia About to be Sacrificed 140

_The Sack of Troy._
The Trojan Horse 153

_Beowulf and Grendel._
Beowulf Face to Face With the Fire-breathing
Dragon 170

_The Great Knight Siegfried._
Siegfried Came Off Victor in Every Encounter 214

_Frithiof the Bold._
Frithiof and Ingeborg in the Temple of Balder 230

_Wayland the Smith._
Wayland the Smith, Wearing the Wings He had
Fashioned 234

_Twardowski, the Polish Faust._
Twardowski in the Arms of the Evil One 242

_Ilia Muromec of Russia._
Zidovin Threw the Iron Club High Into the
Air and Caught It with One Hand 244

_Kralewitz Marko of Servia._
They Gagged Marko and Bound Him to His
Horse 246

_The Decision of Libuscha._
Libuscha Insulted by Chrudis 248

_Count Roland of France._
Roland's Own Death Was Very Near 265

_The Cid._
The Youthful Cid Avenging the Death of His
Father 267

PROMETHEUS, THE FRIEND OF MAN

Many, many centuries ago there lived two brothers, Prometheus or
Forethought, and Epimetheus or Afterthought. They were the sons of
those Titans who had fought against Jupiter and been sent in chains to
the great prison-house of the lower world, but for some reason had
escaped punishment.

Prometheus, however, did not care for idle life among the gods on
Mount Olympus. Instead he preferred to spend his time on the earth,
helping men to find easier and better ways of living. For the children
of earth were not happy as they had been in the golden days when
Saturn ruled. Indeed, they were very poor and wretched and cold,
without fire, without food, and wi