Prometheus and the fire of the gods -- Pandora's box -- Hercules -- Apollo and Diana -- Pegasus and Bellerophon -- Jason and the golden fleece -- Circe and Ulysses -- Daedalus and Icarus -- Pomona and Vertumnus -- Atalanta and Hippomenes -- Cupid and Apollo -- Prosperpina and Pluto -- Cupid and Psyche -- Orpheus and Eurydice -- Phaeton and the chariot of the sun -- Arcas and Callisto -- The golden touch -- Perseus and Andromeda -- Pygmalion and Galatea -- Romulus and Remus
sanitized roman myths illustrated by margaret evans price (who i was introduced to here: women illustrators of the golden age). her work is best when she focuses on simplicity and lets her beautiful linework shine. sometimes she gets a bit too oversentimental and her drawings suffer for it (the cover, for example). here is atalanta, which i liked:
This is another one like the second copy of The Aesop for Children by Milo Winter that I have. Again the ISBN goes to a Mother Goose (the identical ISBN on The Aesop... too). It's a beautiful jacket-less hardcover.
1 star. I read this book to see if there was anything worth reading to my siblings, but there was not. The book was not poorly written, but the tales chosen were full of the Greek gods, magic, and hints at unfaithfulness and trouble between Jupiter & Juno.