er the beautiful Alcyone, but a graceful bird, ut-tering strange cries. She sought to lift him on herwings. Then two birds arose from the water, and flewaway together. So Alcyone and Ceyx were united at last, and eversince then the halcyon birds have warned sailors of the 88 STORIES OF OLD GREECE.… … PROMETHEUS. FKOM the top of Mount Olympus, stretching faracross the broad plains of the sky, lay the Milky Way,along which were scattered the fine palaces of thegods. In one of these grand palaces lived two giants,Prometheus and Epimetheus. They were brothers,and were much beloved because of their…
Children's literature -- Mythology
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