The stars and their stories; a book for young people (1913)
Griffiths, Mary Matlock, comp · New York, H. Holt and Company · leaf 216
o hoist the white sail which was to be thesign of safety. So Aegeus, giving up his son for lost, threw himselfinto the sea and perished, just when Theseus was withinsight of home. And that sea is called the Aegean, or theSea of Aegeus, to this day. And thus Theseus, to thejoy of the people, but… … Theseus and the Minotaur (illustration by Frank C. Pape from Storrs Half a Hundred Hero Tales.) ARIADNES CROWN 189 honored the gods; he obtained the respect and friendshipof foreign nations; he taught the Athenians to be free,and to govern themselves, so that, when he died, they re-mained as great…
Stars · Constellations · Mythology, Classical
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